Why Autumn Doesn't Actually Start on September 21 This Year

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If you've been telling people autumn officially began on Monday, you're a couple of days early. In France, as across the Northern Hemisphere, the new season doesn't start on a fixed calendar date, it waits for the equinox, and this year that falls on Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Why September 21 Is a Popular but Incorrect Shortcut September 21 has become a kind of cultural placeholder for "the start of fall" close enough to the real date most years that the assumption sticks, even though...
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