Winter Solstice
The December solstice: the Sun reaches its farthest south and the day is shortest in the northern hemisphere. The Panchang marks Uttarayana from Makar Sankranti, about three weeks later, because the sidereal zodiac has moved with the precession of the equinoxes.
December solstice (Winter solstice)
- Moment
- Sunday, 21 Dec 2025, 20:33
- At
- New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Sunrise
- 07:09
- Sunset
- 17:28
- Day length
- 10 h 19 min
Uttarayana (Makara Sankranti)
- Sankranti
- The Sun enters Capricorn at 14 Jan 2025, 08:55
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.