Dongzhi Festival ends on Ashvin Shukla Navami . The 2018 date of the festival was Thursday, 13 September . The 2019 date of the festival was 19 February . Dongzhi Festival begins on 13th day of Adar at dawn (if Shabbat then 11th day of Adar at dawn) . Shavuot,Winter solstice,Il Poya (in Sri Lanka) is related to Dongzhi Festival . Tōji (冬至) is also called Dongzhi Festival . making and eating of tangyuan,general merit-making activities rituals are observed in this festival . Dongzhi Festival is of religious type . Full moon day of the 3rd lunar month is when Dongzhi Festival is celebrated . Easter egg decoration are the celebrations of this festival . The festival is observed by various Little Italys around the world,Uzbekistan,Chinese . The official name of the festival Dongzhi Festival is Hebrew:חֲנֻכָּה or חֲנוּכָּה . Annual is the frequency of this festival . Because of Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492,Marks the winter solstice the festival Dongzhi Festival is observed . The 2021 date of the festival was Sunset, 28 November – nightfall, 6 December
The festival is observed because of Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492