Nowruz 2027 Wedding in Antalya: Dates, Spring Weather and Persian Traditions

A Nowruz 2027 wedding brings two celebrations of new beginnings together: the Persian New Year falls on Sunday 21 March 2027, and late March and April are a season of blossom and mild days on the coast of Antalya, Turkey.

Below are the exact dates, the moment of the new year in your guests’ home cities, and practical advice on the date, the weather, a Sofreh Aghd with Haft-sin touches, music, food and guests. Ramarossi, working in Turkey since 2011, can plan with you in English, Turkish or Persian; if you are starting to plan, our page for couples looking for a Persian wedding planner in Antalya is a good place to begin.

When Is Nowruz 2027?

Nowruz 2027 is on Sunday 21 March 2027, which is 1 Farvardin 1406 in the Iranian calendar. The new year begins at the moment of the March equinox, known in Persian as Saal Tahvil. According to the US Naval Observatory, the March 2027 equinox falls on Saturday 20 March at 20:25 UTC, which is 23:55 in Tehran (Iran Standard Time, UTC+3:30).

Because the equinox falls after noon Tehran time, the first day of the new year is the following day, Sunday 21 March. Families gather around the Haft-sin table for the countdown on Saturday night.

You will see the festival written in several ways, such as Norooz, Nowrouz, Novruz, Navruz, Navroz, Nevruz and Newroz, depending on the language and region. It is celebrated across Iran, Central Asia, the Caucasus and beyond, and UNESCO has inscribed Nowruz as shared intangible heritage of the many countries that keep it.

Key Dates of the Nowruz 2027 Season

The Moment of the New Year in Your Guests’ Cities

If your family and friends live in different countries, the countdown happens at different local times. These are the 2027 equinox times, worked out from 20:25 UTC with each city’s clock on that date:

For a group already gathered in Antalya on 20 March, the new year arrives at 23:25 local time, which can make a lovely late-evening moment for a welcome dinner with a Haft-sin table.

Choosing Your Nowruz 2027 Wedding Date

Nowruz is a time for family visits, and the holiday season in Iran runs from 1 Farvardin to Sizdah Bedar on 13 Farvardin. That shapes who can travel, and when. Some families like to spend the first days of the new year at home with elders before flying; others prefer to turn the holiday into one long family trip.

Some couples also look at the calendar for meaning, choosing a date with a pleasing number or a link to the new year. Our guide to lucky wedding dates in 2027 covers numerology and cultural calendars if that matters to your family.

Sizdah Bedar has its own link with weddings: on the thirteenth day, some young people knot blades of sabzeh, the sprouted greens from the Haft-sin, with a wish to marry in the new year. A wedding weekend that includes a relaxed outdoor lunch on 2 April gives the tradition a happy twist.

Spring in Antalya: Late March and April

Spring on the Turkish Riviera is green and fresh. Citrus gardens around Antalya can be in blossom, wild flowers cover the hills, and the snow can still be visible on the Taurus Mountains behind the city. It is a gentle season for photos, with soft light and fewer crowds than in summer.

Antalya’s long-run climate statistics from MGM, Turkey’s national weather office, show an average daily high of about 18°C in March and 21°C in April, with average lows of about 8°C and 11°C. March averages about eight to nine rainy days, and April about six. The sea is still cool for swimming in early spring, so a beach setting works well for the ceremony and photos rather than a swim.

• A covered or indoor plan. Ask each venue which covered terrace or hall it offers for the ceremony and dinner if rain arrives, and what the room looks like when dressed.
• Warmth after sunset. Evenings can feel chilly outdoors, so ask about heaters, and suggest that guests pack a wrap or light jacket.
• Ceremony time. Sunset in Antalya is around 19:10 on 21 March, 19:20 on 2 April and 19:30 in mid-April, so an afternoon ceremony keeps the light warm and the air mild.
• Garden or terrace. A sheltered garden can feel warmer than an open beach in spring; our guide to a garden wedding in Antalya covers the settings.

To compare spring with the rest of the year, see our month-by-month guide to the wedding season in Antalya.

A Sofreh Aghd With Haft-sin Touches

The Sofreh Aghd is the heart of a Persian wedding ceremony: a spread laid before the couple with a mirror and candelabras, decorated bread, wild rue, a tray of coloured spices, honey, sugar cones, decorated eggs, coins, sweets such as noghl, flowers, rose water and a book of poetry. During the ceremony, married women of the family rub sugar cones over a cloth held above the couple; our guide to the sugar-rubbing ceremony explains its meaning.

The Haft-sin, the New Year table, shares several of these symbols: a mirror, candles, coins, painted eggs, sweets, flowers and a book of Hafez. Its seven items beginning with the letter “s” are sabzeh (sprouted greens), samanu (sweet wheat pudding), senjed (dried oleaster fruit), sir (garlic), sib (apple), somagh (sumac) and serkeh (vinegar), with hyacinth, known as sonbol, a favourite spring flower beside them.

A Nowruz wedding can let the two meet gracefully, without crowding the Sofreh Aghd. Ideas to consider:

• A separate Haft-sin table. Set it at the welcome drinks or the entrance, so guests see the new year as they arrive.
• Sabzeh and hyacinth. Small dishes of sprouted greens and pots of hyacinth can echo the season on the Sofreh Aghd and on the dinner tables.
• Painted eggs. Decorated eggs belong to both spreads and can be painted in your wedding colours.
• Spring colours. Pale blue, white, lilac and green suit both the season and the flowers available in spring.
• Poetry. A reading from Hafez, or a Hafez fortune for each guest, fits both the ceremony and the new year.

For the full list of items and how to lay them out, read our guide to setting up a Sofreh Aghd. Ask your designer early which items will travel with you from home and which can be sourced in Turkey, and leave time for the sabzeh to sprout.

Persian Music, Food and the Evening

Music carries a Persian wedding. Live tar, santur, kamancheh or daf can play during the Sofreh Aghd and the drinks, and a DJ who knows Persian pop and the songs your family dances to can take over for the evening. If you would like a Nowruz moment, ask the musicians for spring songs and a new year greeting from the stage. For more on musicians and DJs, read about booking singers and bands for your Antalya celebration.

If the dancing is meant to run long after the Nowruz toast, confirm how late each shortlisted venue allows music before you plan the evening running order.

For the menu, Nowruz has its own dishes. Sabzi polo ba mahi, herbed rice with fish, is the classic new year meal, and kuku sabzi, a herb frittata, suits a welcome dinner. Alongside wedding favourites such as zereshk polo with barberries and saffron, joojeh kebab and a good tahdig, these give the table a seasonal Persian character. Ask the venue’s chef about a tasting, and consider bringing saffron, dried limes or barberries from home for signature dishes.

Guests Travelling at Nowruz

Nowruz is a holiday period for Persian families wherever they live, whether in Iran or in the UK, Germany, Sweden, North America or the Gulf, and flights and hotel rooms around these dates can fill early. Give guests your date as soon as it is fixed.

• Save the dates. Send them early, with the date, the area and whether the wedding falls before, during or after the Nowruz holidays.
• Room blocks. Ask hotels about a block for your guests in good time; our guide to guest accommodation in Antalya explains how room blocks work.
• Older relatives. Plan comfortable seating, shade or warmth, and short walking distances for grandparents travelling over the holidays.
• A guest weekend. A welcome dinner with a Haft-sin table, the wedding, and a Sizdah Bedar style picnic or brunch can turn the trip into a family holiday.
• Arrivals. Collect everyone’s flight times, so transfers from Antalya Airport can be arranged around the arrivals.

Planning with Ramarossi in Persian can help when parents and elders want to ask questions in their own language. For the ceremony itself, our Persian wedding timeline explains each stage from the Aghd to the Aroosi.

A Planning Timeline for a Nowruz 2027 Wedding

Work through the key decisions in this order:

1. Choose your date window. Decide whether the wedding falls before, on, during or after the Nowruz holidays, and check it with close family.
2. Shortlist the setting. Look for venues with a sheltered outdoor space and a dressed indoor or covered option for the Sofreh Aghd and dinner. Couples drawn to stone courtyards and lanterns can read about celebrating in Kaleiçi, the walled old quarter.
3. Tell your guests. Send save the dates, and agree room blocks and transfers.
4. Book music and design. Secure Persian musicians or a DJ and your Sofreh Aghd design, and confirm their dates around the holidays early.
5. Plan the Nowruz touches. Agree the Haft-sin table, the sabzeh, the spring flowers and the menu, and invite the women who will hold the cloth and rub the sugar cones.
6. Prepare for the weather. In the final week, follow the forecast and confirm the covered plan with the venue.

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