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Ephemeris of Friday 22 March, 2024

The sun and moon on 03/22/2024 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:23 AM
Sunset: 6:40 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 12:31 PM
Sunshine duration: 12 hours and 16 minutes (2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:21 AM and set at 6:41 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 1:00 AM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 2 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

11 days moon

On 03/22/2024 the moon was 11 days old.
Next full moon on 25 March, 2024.
Next new moon on 8 April, 2024.

Commemorations on 22 March

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • St. Basile d'Ancyre
  • Βασιλείου Ιερομάρτυρος, Πρεσβυτέρου της εν Aγκύρα Eκκλησίας
  • Stes Callinique et Basilisse
  • Καλλινίκης και Βασιλίσσης Μαρτύρων
  • St Euthyme l'Athonite
  • Ευθυμίου νέου Οσιομάρτυρος, του εν Κωνσταντινουπόλει
  • Stes Drosis, fille de l'empereur Trajan, et ses 5 compagnes
  • Δροσίδος, θυγατρός βασιλέως Τραϊανού, και των συν αυτη πέντε Παρθένων

Fasting Instructions: the March 22 is a complete fasting day; Of course you can still eat legumes and cabbages, as long as you only cook them with water and salt. Fruit, bread, honey and nuts are also allowed (νηστεία)

Today we celebrate these names in Greece

  • Greek names:

    • Δροσίς (Drosis), Δροσίδα, Δροσούλα, Δροσία, Δρόσω, Δροσοσταλιά
    • Δρόσος (Drossos)