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Detailed explanation-1: -Winter Solstice 2022: All you need to know about the shortest day of the year. Winter Solstice will be celebrated on December 22 this year. After Winter Solstice, days start becoming longer and nights shorter for people in the Northern Hemisphere.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the winter solstice, which occurs on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at 4:48 P.M.

Detailed explanation-3: -The winter solstice occurs during the hemisphere’s winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is the December solstice (usually 21st or 22nd December) and in the Southern Hemisphere, this is the June solstice (usually 20th or 21st of June).

Detailed explanation-4: -In 2023 the winter solstice will occur on Friday 22 December. The winter solstice occurs in December, and in the northern hemisphere the date marks the 24-hour period with the fewest daylight hours of the year. That is why it is known as the shortest day of the year, or the longest night of the year.

Detailed explanation-5: -winter solstice, also called hibernal solstice, the two moments during the year when the path of the Sun in the sky is farthest south in the Northern Hemisphere (December 21 or 22) and farthest north in the Southern Hemisphere (June 20 or 21).