Winter Solstice 2025 Lunar Calendar California. Winter solstice is the moment in which the sun enters capricorn. ( ut/gmt) time | change to your local timezone.
During the winter solstice the sun shines directly on the tropic of capricorn in the northern hemisphere and the tropic of cancer in the southern hemisphere and the day is shortest with nights the longest. Winter solstice 2025 (beginning of astronomical winter) on the day of the winter (december).