The December solstice in 2026 is at 20:50 UTC on 21 December. In the north that moment is the winter solstice, on the evening of 21 December. In eastern Australia it falls on the morning of 22 December, and it is the summer solstice, the longest day. New Zealand and southern Africa are in summer too. This page does not use a northern dark-night script. It does not promise a public ceremony in a named city. The northern winter page stays on its own term. Qhapaq Raymi, the Andean solstice observance, also stays separate.
Why this date is separate
The December solstice, 21 December 2026 at 20:50 UTC. Morning of 22 December in eastern Australia. The collection is filed for australia, new-zealand, southern-africa. A reader in another season should not be handed this page as if the weather matched.
What can be added later
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