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[[Image:Earth-lighting-winter-solstice EN.png|thumb|right|320px|Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of winter solstice on northern hemisphere]] In astronomy, the winter solstice is the moment when the earth is in a point of its orbit at which the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun. This causes the sun to appear at its farthest below the celestial equator when viewed from earth. ''Solstice'' is a Latin borrowing and means "sun stand", referring to the appearance that the sun's noontime elevation change stops its progress, either northerly or southerly. The date of the winter solstice is the date with the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the northern hemisphere, this date usually falls on December 21/December 22, while it falls on June 21/June 22 in the southern hemisphere. These dates are also the dates of the summer solstice in the opposing hemisphere. At the summer solstice, the hemisphere is inclined towards the sun, and it appears to be at its farthest above the celestial equator. In most reckonings, the winter solstice is midwinter. In Ireland, the solstices and equinox all occur at about midpoint in each season. For example, winter begins on November 1, and ends on January 31. In the Chinese calendar, the winter solstice is called ''Winter_Solstice_Festival'' (冬至, "winter's extreme") and is traditionally regarded as one of the year's most important ''Jieqi''s, comparable to Chinese New Year. Rather confusingly, the character 至 may also mean "arrival" in other contexts, but it is clear that the Chinese consider "winter's arrival" (立冬 ''lì dōng'', literally "establishment of winter") to be a separate ''Jieqi'' which falls on or around November 7 instead. The winter solstice is the time when the Germanic tribes festival of Yule was celebrated; it is celebrated today as a Neopaganism Sabbat (neopaganism). Many cultures celebrate or celebrated a holiday near (within a few days) the winter solstice; examples of these include Yalda, Saturnalia, Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, Kwanzaa, and HumanLight. In her fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin calls the solstice celebration "The Festival of Sunreturn". ==See also== *Jieqi *Summer solstice *List of winter festivals *Season *Sun mythology ==External links== *[http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/badseasons.html The seasons begin at the time of the solstice or equinox] (from the Bad Astronomer) *[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_170b.html Solstice does not signal season's start?] (from The Straight Dope) *[http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/seasondate.htm Solstice Dates and Times] vi:Đông chí Spherical astronomy Celestial mechanics Christmas-linked holidays
''An event mentioned in this article is a Template:June 21 selected anniversaries''. ----- See also talk:Summer solstice. ---- ''I don't think this is correct. I think that, to the Chinese, winter begins some time in the Gregorian November. --User:Juuitchan'' (moved from article proper) -- User:Tillwe | User_talk:tillwe 23:18, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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Winter solstice
[[Image:Earth-lighting-winter-solstice EN.png|thumb|right|320px|Illumination of Earth by Sun on the day of winter solstice on northern hemisphere]] In astronomy, the winter solstice is the moment when the earth is in a point of its orbit at which the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined away from the sun. This causes the sun to appear at its farthest below the celestial equator when viewed from earth. ''Solstice'' is a Latin borrowing and means "sun stand", referring to the appearance that the sun's noontime elevation change stops its progress, either northerly or southerly. The date of the winter solstice is the date with the shortest day and the longest night of the year. In the northern hemisphere, this date usually falls on December 21/December 22, while it falls on June 21/June 22 in the southern hemisphere. These dates are also the dates of the summer solstice in the opposing hemisphere. At the summer solstice, the hemisphere is inclined towards the sun, and it appears to be at its farthest above the celestial equator. In most reckonings, the winter solstice is midwinter. In Ireland, the solstices and equinox all occur at about midpoint in each season. For example, winter begins on November 1, and ends on January 31. In the Chinese calendar, the winter solstice is called ''Winter_Solstice_Festival'' (冬至, "winter's extreme") and is traditionally regarded as one of the year's most important ''Jieqi''s, comparable to Chinese New Year. Rather confusingly, the character 至 may also mean "arrival" in other contexts, but it is clear that the Chinese consider "winter's arrival" (立冬 ''lì dōng'', literally "establishment of winter") to be a separate ''Jieqi'' which falls on or around November 7 instead. The winter solstice is the time when the Germanic tribes festival of Yule was celebrated; it is celebrated today as a Neopaganism Sabbat (neopaganism). Many cultures celebrate or celebrated a holiday near (within a few days) the winter solstice; examples of these include Yalda, Saturnalia, Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, Kwanzaa, and HumanLight. In her fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin calls the solstice celebration "The Festival of Sunreturn". ==See also== *Jieqi *Summer solstice *List of winter festivals *Season *Sun mythology ==External links== *[http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/badseasons.html The seasons begin at the time of the solstice or equinox] (from the Bad Astronomer) *[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_170b.html Solstice does not signal season's start?] (from The Straight Dope) *[http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/seasondate.htm Solstice Dates and Times] vi:Đông chí Spherical astronomy Celestial mechanics Christmas-linked holidays
Winter solstice
''An event mentioned in this article is a Template:June 21 selected anniversaries''. ----- See also talk:Summer solstice. ---- ''I don't think this is correct. I think that, to the Chinese, winter begins some time in the Gregorian November. --User:Juuitchan'' (moved from article proper) -- User:Tillwe | User_talk:tillwe 23:18, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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