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  2. Winter solstice 2024: The shortest day of the year is arriving

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    By the time we reach the summer solstice on June 20, 2025, it will be the longest day of the year. So even though Dec. 21 feels dark, it's actually the turning point toward brighter days. How have ...

  3. What to know about the winter solstice, 2024's shortest day

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    This year, it falls on Dec. 21 at 4:21 a.m ET, to be precise. On the summer solstice, when the northern tilt is closest to the sun, we have the longest day, usually June 20 or 21.

  4. Winter solstice - Wikipedia

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    Buzmi is a ritualistic piece of wood (or several pieces of wood) that is put to burn in the fire of the hearth on the night of a winter celebration that falls after the return of the Sun for summer (after the winter solstice), sometimes on the night of Kërshëndella on December 24 (Christmas Eve), sometimes on the night of kolendra, or ...

  5. When and what is the winter solstice? Things to know about ...

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    The first day of winter for the northern hemisphere of Earth will begin on Dec. 21 at approximately 4:21 a.m., according to the Farmers' Almanac. It marks the time when the Earth's northern axis ...

  6. Leap second - Wikipedia

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    Screenshot of the UTC clock from time.gov during the leap second on 31 December 2016.. A leap second is a one-second adjustment that is occasionally applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), to accommodate the difference between precise time (International Atomic Time (TAI), as measured by atomic clocks) and imprecise observed solar time (), which varies due to irregularities and long-term ...

  7. December solstice - Wikipedia

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    The December-solstice solar year is the solar year based on the December solstice. It is thus the length of time between adjacent December solstices. The length of the December-solstice year has been relatively stable between 6000 BC and AD 2000, in the range of 49 minutes 30 seconds to 50 minutes in excess of 365 days 5 hours.

  8. Winter solstice is tonight. In Texas, here’s how it gets you ...

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    December 21, 2023 at 8:15 AM David Montesino/dmontesino@star-telegram.com The winter solstice is tonight which will mark the shortest day and longest night of the year.

  9. List of national independence days - Wikipedia

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    The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially. [12] Belgium: National Day: 21 July: 1831 Netherlands