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{{short description|Third month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars}}
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'''March''' is the third month of the year in both the [[Julian calendar|Julian]] and [[Gregorian calendar]]s. Its length is 31 days. In the [[Northern Hemisphere]], the [[Meteorology|meteorological]] beginning of [[Spring (season)|spring]] occurs on the first day of March. The [[March equinox]] on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of [[autumn]] in the Southern Hemisphere, where [[September]] is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March.