Spring Equinox Nz 2024. New zealand standard time (nzst) is used in the winter months and new zealand daylight time (nzdt) is used in the summer months. The spring equinox is known as a quarter day or a ‘ lesser sabbat,’ but certainly by no means lesser than any of the other seven sabbats in the witches year.

The equinoxes mark a special point in our orbit around the sun. After the vernal equinox, the length of night continues to shorten and daylight hours increase until the summer solstice arrives.