Spring

Spring (or spring) is of four seasons. The astronomically certain beginning of spring is lentenachtevening (round 20 March on northern hemisphere and round 23 September on Southern hemisphere). The sun goes then by spring point and the day and the night are approximately even long. Spring finishes with zomerzonnewende (round 21 June in the northern hemisphere and 21 December in the Southern hemisphere).

For practical, but also climatological reasons starts meteorological spring rather, on 1 March in the northern hemisphere and in 1 September in the Southern hemisphere. These last then up to 1 June respectively 1 December.

During spring will plant () to grow and thrive. After are the chance on frost small.

Religious festivals and gedenkdagen during spring

The Roman Catholic tradition knows , that start on and finish with . To fast is preceded by eveningevening evening. Beside the Easter have the Christian tradition also the three days for paasweekend, White Thursday, Good friday and Quiet Saturday.

Within become around Easter celebrated.

The secular version of Easter is characterised by symbols of new life, such as (coloured/painted) eggs. Also the paashaas belongs to this festival.

Beginning astronomic spring

Beginning of astronomic spring (in the northern hemisphere) during the coming years:

The declared time is the local Dutch time. In the Southern hemisphere starts on these dates autumn, to see there for beginning of spring in the Southern hemisphere.