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solstice [ˈsɒlstıs] N ASTRON

solstice

至 zhì

the winter solstice

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the winter solstice

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He charged that the then current notion of fixed equinoxes and solstices was also wrong. en.wikipedia.org

It's a solar calendar, which contains 18 months of 20 days, and 2/3 transition days before the winter solstice and summer solstice. en.wikipedia.org

The arrangement is aligned with the setting sun at the solstices and equinox, but the age is currently unknown. en.wikipedia.org

For this reason during the summer solstice, the night is magic. en.wikipedia.org

The time at which each hemisphere points farthest or nearest from its star is known as its solstice. en.wikipedia.org

Two golden arcs along the sides, marking the angle between the solstices, were added later. en.wikipedia.org

In both hemispheres, the season begins about one month before summer solstice and ends about two months afterwards. en.wikipedia.org

Also, since perihelion and aphelion do not happen on exactly the same dates as the solstices, the maxima and minima are slightly asymmetrical. en.wikipedia.org

They put the lion, as the king of their animal kingdom, into the place in the zodiac in which the summer solstice occurs. en.wikipedia.org

The data revealed clear peaks corresponding to orientations pointing to the sunrise at winter solstice and to the moon at its southernmost rising position. en.wikipedia.org

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