Winter Solstice 2026
Dec 21, 2026, 2:49 pm
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It’s the northern hemisphere’s shortest day and longest night of the year. No matter where you live on Earth, the solstice happens at the same instant: Dec. 21 at 2:49 p.m. CST. It’s when the sun reaches its farthest southward point for the year, and when noontime shadows are the longest of the year.
