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Ephemeris of Friday 6 March, 2026

The sun and moon on 03/06/2026 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:49 AM
Sunset: 6:23 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 12:36 PM
Sunshine duration: 11 hours and 33 minutes (+2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:48 AM and set at 6:24 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 11:49 PM.
Greece's time difference from the Greenwich meridian: 2 hours(*)
Greece's time difference from Paris: 1 hour
(*) taking into account summer/winter time

16 days moon

On 03/06/2026 the moon will be 16 days old.
Next full moon on 2 April, 2026.
Next new moon on 19 March, 2026.

Commemorations on 6 March

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Second Rejoicings - 2nd Akathist
    Δεύτεροι Χαιρετισμοί - Ακάθιστος Βʹ
  • Saints Forty-two Martyrs in Amorion
    Αγίων τεσσαράκοντα δύο Μαρτύρων των εν τω Αμορίω
  • Finding of the Holy Cross with the precious Nails by Saint Helena
    Ευρέσεως του τιμίου Σταυρού μετά των τιμίων ήλων υπό της μακαρίας Ελένης
  • Saints Julian and Eubulus, Martyrs
    Αγίων Ιουλιανού και Ευβούλου, Μαρτύρων
  • Saint Euphrosynus, Martyr
    Αγίου Ευφροσύνου, Μάρτυρος
  • Saint Maximus the monk, Martyr
    Αγίου Μαξίμου, Οσιομάρτυρος
  • Saint Hesychius the Wonderworker
    Αγίου Ησυχίου του θαυματουργού
  • Saint Arcadius
    Αγίου Αρκαδίου

Fasting Instructions: the March 6 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

A day like a 6 March

1994

Décès de Melina Mercouri, comédienne et ministre de la Culture, au Memorial Hospital de New York.

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1964
Décès à Athènes du roi Paul 1er. Il est succédé par son fils Constantin II. (More on
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1933

Le général de l'armée Nikolaos Plastiras organise un coup d'Etat visant à instaurer une dictature sur le modèle de Mussolini afin de maintenir au pouvoir le Premier ministre Eleftherios Venizelos qui, la veille, venait de perdre les élections législatives. Avec les généraux des provinces qui refusent de suivre le mouvement et menacent de descendre sur Athènes, le coup d'Etat est avorté.

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