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When the clocks change? Check out the 2025 calendar dates for holidays, big games, movie releases, award shows and more. ... starts (summer solstice) - Friday, June 20Fall starts (autumnal equinox ...
The dates of the solstice varies each year and may occur a day earlier or later depending on the time zone. Because the earth's orbit takes slightly longer than a calendar year of 365 days, the solstices occur slightly later each calendar year, until a leap day re-aligns the calendar with the orbit.
The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (20, 21 or 22 June) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (20, 21, 22 or 23 of December). Since prehistory, the summer solstice has been a significant time of year in many cultures, and has been marked by ...
Your local time zone in relation to UTC determines the time and even the date that the solstice happens for you. For instance, that’s 1:51 p.m. in Los Angeles, 4:51 p.m. in New York City, 9:51 p ...
The summer solstice is actually the same thing as the "first day of summer," so it also takes place on Thursday, June 20. Specifically, it'll occur at 4:50 p.m. EST.
The June solstice is the solstice on Earth that occurs annually between 20 and 22 June according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Northern Hemisphere , the June solstice is the summer solstice (the day with the longest period of daylight), while in the Southern Hemisphere it is the winter solstice (the day with the shortest period of daylight).
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
At 4:51 p.m. June 20, we celebrate the first day of astronomical summer and the longest day of the year. The summer solstice occurs when the northern hemisphere is at its maximum tilt toward the sun.