At sunset on Oct 31st, the transition point between two luminaries will exchange the baton from day to night. Forget midnight, it’s sunset that marks the close/ beginning of a Celtic day in their calendar. It’s Hallows Eve, (Halloween) a significant Celtic/Pagan festival marker and 1st of Nov. is Samhain. While those domicile in the S.H shall be celebrating Beltaine’s Eve, or as it’s more commonly known the Eve of May Day. To N.H folk it’s Celtic New Year’s Eve.
Both domiciles mark two major festivals or Witches Sabbaths; the beginning of Summer (S.H) and the beginning of the opposing season of Winter in the N. Hemisphere.
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