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Ephemeris of Thursday 26 March, 2026

The sun and moon on 03/26/2026 in Greece

(All times given here are in Athens local time)

Sunrise: 6:19 AM
Sunset: 6:42 PM
The sun will be at its zenith at 12:30 PM
Sunshine duration: 12 hours and 23 minutes (+2 minutes compared to yesterday)

Tomorrow the sun will rise at 6:17 AM and set at 6:43 PM

Right now the time in Greece is 11:50 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

6 days moon

On 03/26/2026 the moon will be 6 days old.
Next full moon on 2 April, 2026.
Next new moon on 17 April, 2026.

Commemorations on 26 March

(according to the Greek-Orthodox calendar)

Saints of the day

  • Office of the Great Canon
    Ακολουθία του Μεγάλου Κανόνος
  • Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel
    Συνάξεως του Aρχαγγέλου Γαβριήλ
  • Saint Stephen the Confessor, Abbot of Triglia
    Αγίου Στεφάνου του Oμολογητού, Ηγουμένου Τριγλίας
  • SS. Quadratus, Theodosius, Manuel and other 40, Martyrs in Anatolia
    Aγίων Kοδράτου, Θεοδοσίου, Mανουήλ και ετέρων 40, Mαρτύρων εν τη Aνατολή
  • Saints 26 Martyrs in the land of the Goths
    Aγίων εικοσιέξ Mαρτύρων των εν Γοτθία

Fasting Instructions: the March 26 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

  • There are no known names celebrated this day

A day like a 26 March

1940
Décès de Spyros (Spyridon) Louis, premier champion en 1896 du parcours du Marathon des Jeux Olympiques modernes. (More on
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1926
Inauguration de l'Académie d'Athènes.
1904
Naissance de Xenophon Zolotas à Athènes, économiste et académicien, gouverneur de la Banque de Grèce, il a été premier ministre du gouvernement de transition en 1989.