New Delhi: Today’s Google is very special. Yes, today Google’s doodle is our favorite. Today Google is celebrating the winter solstice of the Northern Hemisphere. As you can see, Google has put a painted symbol of winter on its search engine. Google today marked the start of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere with an animated hedgehog doodle. So let’s know more details about today’s doodle of Google.
Google is celebrating ‘Winter Solstice’
Let us tell you that ‘Winter Sankranti’ is starting from today and will end on 20 March 2022. The winter solstice is also known by many other names. Yes, it is also called ‘Himal solstice’, Hibernal solstice, and Brumal solstice begins then. When either pole of the Earth reaches its maximum inclination away from the Sun. Then comes the winter solstice. Let us tell you that this winter solstice comes twice in a year. Yes, the geographical changes that happen like this happen this year.
this is the change
Once in the Northern Hemisphere and once in the Southern Hemisphere. Google is starting the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere today. Actually some changes happen on this day. Explain that the winter solstice becomes the day with the shortest duration of the day and the longest night of the year for each hemisphere. Things are more complicated at any pole that experiences constant darkness or twilight around its winter solstice.
The winter solstice occurs during the winter of each hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, it usually falls on December 21 or 22. It is interesting to know that the winter solstice only lasts for a moment. But the term refers to the entire day on which it occurs. This day has a very special significance all over the world.
Important day for the world
In fact, the winter solstice is considered an important time of year in many cultures around the world. Indian, East Asian, Iranian, Jewish, Germanic and Celtic peoples mark the day with festivals and rituals.
Some experts have said that the solstice may have been an important moment of the annual cycle for many cultures from the Neolithic period. The winter season was important from the scientific and economic point of view as people depended on monitoring the progress of the seasons for their business and routine.
Makar Sankranti in India
Starvation is another thing that is still common in many cultures in the first months of winter. In India, Makar Sankranti, also known as Makar Sankranti, is celebrated during the winter solstice. It is a festival day in reference to the deity Surya (Sun) in the Hindu calendar. Google welcomed the start of the summer solstice earlier this year with a similar hedgehog doodle.