Autumn begins on 1 March, and by 16 March 2026 the southern states see shorter days and cooler mornings settling in. The northern wet season continues through March, with cyclone activity still active ahead of its April end, while the south moves out of its summer bushfire peak as the season turns over into the cooler months.
The week containing Monday 16 March 2026 is counted from this date under the standard week-numbering convention used on this page, with weeks running Monday to Sunday rather than Sunday to Saturday. This convention affects rostering, payroll cycles and any planning done in weekly blocks across Australian workplaces that pay staff or schedule shifts on a weekly basis.
The hours and minutes shown in the countdown to 16 March 2026 are calculated against the clock and time zone set on the device displaying this page, and the countdown reaches zero at midnight local to that device. Two people in different time zones will see slightly different figures at the exact same moment, each reflecting their own local midnight.
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