Afterwork-Vinotheque-Evening: Starting Spring & Jazz

In many religions, spring festivals celebrate the time around the equinox before the respective summer.

The Jewish Passover festival falls in the spring month and begins on the 15th of Nisan according to the Jewish calendar, usually on the night of the full moon after the northern vernal equinox or, due to the intercalary months, on the second full moon after the spring equinox.

The Chinese Spring Festival and New Year, traditionally celebrated over 15 days according to the Chinese calendar, begins on New Year's Day, which falls on a new moon between 21 January and 21 February. In East Asian culture, the equinox marks not the beginning but the middle of spring.

In the Iranian cultural sphere and in Bahá'í, Nowruz is celebrated as the New Year and Spring Festival on 20 or 21 March. Holi is the Indian Spring Festival originating from Hindu tradition, celebrated on the first full moon day of the month of Phalgun (February/March).

Since the First Council of Nicaea, convened by Emperor Constantine I in 325, rules for calculating the Christian date of Easter have been established. With the introduction of the Gregorian calendar, 21 March was designated as the beginning of spring.