There is no difference between the spring equinox and the vernal equinox. They are both names for the same phenomenon that occurs when the Sun is exactly above the Equator. In the Northern Hemisphere, the vernal, or spring, equinox occurs on March 20 or 21. In the Southern Hemisphere, it occurs on September 22 or 23.
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