Winter Solstice 2024: Today on December 21, the shortest day and longest night of the year, know how the winter solstice happens.

Winter Solstice 2024: Winter Solstice 2024: Winter has started, the month of December is about to end, after 10 days January will start and the new year 2025 will start, but there are some astronomical events which also affect the weather, this is related to today i.e. 21st December. Yes, today 21st December is the shortest day of the year i.e. Winter Solstice and today is also the longest night of the year, further in the news we will tell you the reason for this and it is called Winter Solstice. We will also tell you why it is said.

According to the Panchang, today on December 21, 2024, sunrise will be around 7 o'clock and sunset will be around 5:30, which means that today there will be light for only about 8 hours, which means the day will end 4 hours sooner than normal days. There will be 4 hours more night, the thing to understand is that in the year 2024, 21st December is that day which comes once in 365 days when day is shortest and night is longest. And this event is called Winter Solstice.

This is the astronomical reason for this change

Winter Solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs due to the tilt of the Earth by 23.4 degrees, which is what makes it different from normal days, in normal days the time of day and night is about 12-12 hours, But after December 21, the nights will start getting shorter and the days will start getting longer.

How did Winter Solstice get its name?

How did the winter solstice get its name? Many people have a desire to know this, actually it is made up of a Latin word, which is called 'Solstim', if we dissect it i.e. separate it, then 'Sol' means Sun and 'Sestire' means Is stability, by combining these two words the word 'Solstice' was formed which means the Sun remaining stable.

This is the importance of sun rays

Let us tell you that every year on 21st and 22nd December, the sun's rays fall directly on the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere, due to which the distance between the Northern Hemisphere and the Sun increases a lot, which is why 21st December is the darkest day in the Northern Hemisphere. There is the shortest day and longest night.