Winter Solstice

“Winter Solstice is an extensive time for cultures across the globe”

Winter Solstice is also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of day light and the longest night of the Year. It occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its best tilt away from the sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. Today December 21, Friday the Winter Solstice starts nation in the Northern Hemisphere will mark the Winter Solstice the shortest day and longest night of the year. Even though the winter Solstice takes place once a year in each hemisphere the solstice this year is particularly special as much anticipated December full moon, named the Cold Moon will be visible in the night sky along with the Ursid , meteor shower.

“The winter solstice is celebrating today”.

The word “Solstitium means “Sun stands still” when the difference  of sun’s path pause shortly. The day and time of the solstice vary each year. While in India we don’t see a drastic difference in the lengths of day and night. Some of the Nordic Countries around the North Pole experience stark differences in the day and night cycles. The winter solstice occurs at the minimal  point for the northern hemisphere . When the sun is lowest in the sky.

P.P.Neelayathakshi.