The winter solstice is Saturday, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year to the Northern Hemisphere — ideal conditions for holiday lights and warm blankets.

Here’s how it works. The next Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere will occur on Dec. 21, 2025, and the next Winter Solstice for the Southern Hemisphere will occur on June 21, 2025.

Daylight hours have been lengthening since late December, with February seeing a faster increase in sunlight. Northern ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

Solstice) is the 22nd solar term of the year. On the first day of Dongzhi, the Northern Hemisphere experiences the shortest ...

It's been nearly a month since the winter solstice and the holiday ... For those in the northern hemisphere, like the U.S., these longer days run from March to November, with June to August ...

Tennesseans are dreaming of warmer weather in the freezing temperatures this week. Here's when winter ends and spring 2025 begins ...