Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Of course I should have remembered the astronomical seasons. What I still wonder, among other reasons for the ones you list, is why are these definitions repeated in the civil calender. In Finland, for instance, the calender will simply say "winter solstice", "spring equinox", and so on. In the back pages there will be a table listing the statistical average and variation of the actual starts of the seasons - these being defined climatically, and are only determinable post factum.

It is aggravating, indeed, that one cannot be everywhere putting things to right, when one clearly is the best informed one to make the decisions. Been there, too. ;)