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Winter Solstice 2023 Is Thursday, December 21 — 10:27pm Eastern, In New England — REJOICE, REJOICE!

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by Anura Guruge
on December 18, 2023

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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire around the
the December 2023 Solstice (On the 21st).
(From Time-and-Date).

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Welcome YULE!

Rejoice! REJOICE!

My favorite day of the year, hands down.

As of the Winter Solstice days start getting longer!

The Winter Solstice, the SHORTEST DAY of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Welcome YULE!

Shout it out loud. Welcome YULE.

Evenings have already started getting longer — as I pointed out in this post. Funnily enough (if it can be construed as funny) mornings DO NOT START getting earlier until 2024! Then, we really getting into the stride of things. Within a month of the solstice we would have gained in excess of 30 minutes!

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Page 4 of my ‘Christmas’ book — talking of THE Winter Solstice.
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As I do most years I give YOU, in peace,
‘Dona Nobis Pacem‘ (Grant us peace)
for the Winter Solstice.

Already have my ticket for the Cambridge Revels.
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New Hampshire Right Now Is Seeing The Earliest Sunsets Of Winter 2023 — Though The Solstice Is 10-Days Away.

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by Anura Guruge
on December 11, 2022

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From last year, BUT it is the SAME.
Dates just shifted by one.

Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire
for December 2022.
(From Time-and-Date).

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Kind of a strange concept to grapple with. The EARLIEST SUNSETS in New Hampshire happen around NOW — i.e., about 2-weeks ahead of the Winter Solstice.

That doesn’t mean we have as yet seen our SHORTEST DAY (my favorite day of the year) as yet. That still happens on December 21 — the Winter Solstice.

So, what gives.

Sunrise is still getting LATER & LATER. That is what SHORTENS the overall hours of daylight.

You can see this from the above table — with my annotations.

The shortening (or the lengthening) of days are NOT symmetrical — i.e., sunrise & sunset are not in lock steps. So, after December 14 sunsets start becoming LATER, but so do sunrises. Sunrises don’t start to get EARLIER till mid-January! So, the increase in daylight, post the solstice, is all due to sunsets happening later. Weird, but that is how it works.

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First 8pm Sunset Of 2023 For Us In Central New Hampshire.

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by Anura Guruge
on May 14, 2023

Click to ENLARGE. Watchface on the ‘Garmin’ ‘Epix 2‘ that I have on my wrist 24×7. This is the MINIMUM amount of data I need on a watchface. Minimum. Most I can cram in, alas.

Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire around the
the December 2022 Solstice (On the 21st).
(From Time-and-Date).

Click to ENLARGE. Table from ‘timeanddate.com‘.

We have indeed come a LONG WAY from the ‘Winter Solstice‘ (which was on December 21, 2022).

As you can see from the chart above sunsets were happening around 4:11pm!

That was 144 days ago — i.e., 4 months, 3 weeks …

We have gained nearly 170 minutes of daylight! 170 minutes. 2 hours 50 minutes.

It will continue to get better. We have ANOTHER 30 minutes to go! Around the ‘Summer Solstice‘ in about 5 weeks sunsets will be at 8:30pm. Wow. THEN COMES WINTER. I kid you not. After the Summer Solstice it is all downhill –heading pell mell into winter. So enjoy, rejoice, soak it in.

I am posting this at 8:28pm & we still have some twilight. Wow. How wonderful.

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Winter Solstice 2022 Is Wednesday, December 21 — 4:48pm Eastern, In New England.

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by Anura Guruge
on December 20, 2022

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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire around the
the December 2022 Solstice (On the 21st).
(From Time-and-Date).

Click to ENLARGE. Table from ‘timeanddate.com‘.

Welcome YULE!

My favorite day of the year, hands down.

As of the Winter Solstice days start getting longer!

The Winter Solstice, the SHORTEST DAY of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Welcome YULE!

Shout it out loud. Welcome YULE.

Evenings have already started getting longer — as I pointed out in this post. Funnily enough (if it can be construed as funny) mornings DO NOT START getting earlier until 2023! Then, we really getting into the stride of things. Within a month of the solstice we would have gained in excess of 30 minutes!

Click to ENLARGE. I send you my blessings.
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As I do most years I give YOU, in peace,
‘Dona Nobis Pacem‘ (Grant us peace)
for the Winter Solstice.

Click image to access ‘The Revels’.
Click to ENLARGE. From Wikipedia.

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New Hampshire Right Now Is Seeing The Earliest Sunsets Of Winter — Though The Solstice Is 12-Days Away.

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by Anura Guruge
on December 9, 2022

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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire
for December 2022.
(From Time-and-Date).

Click to ENLARGE. Table from ‘timeanddate.com‘.

Kind of a strange concept to grapple with. The EARLIEST SUNSETS in New Hampshire happen around NOW — 2-weeks ahead of the Winter Solstice.

That doesn’t mean we have as yet seen our SHORTEST DAY (my favorite day of the year) as yet. That still happens on December 21 — the Winter Solstice.

So, what gives.

Sunrise is still getting LATER & LATER. That is what SHORTENS the overall hours of daylight.

You can see this from the above table — with my annotations.

The shortening (or the lengthening) of days are NOT symmetrical — i.e., sunrise & sunset are not in lock steps. So, after December 14 sunsets start becoming LATER, but so do sunrises. Sunrises don’t start to get EARLIER till mid-January! So, the increase in daylight, post the solstice, is all due to sunsets happening later. Weird, but that is how it works.

Click to ENLARGE. From Wikipedia.

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WELCOME YULE! My Favorite Day Of The Year. We Have Broken The Back Of Winter. Days Get Longer.

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by Anura Guruge
on December 21, 2021

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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire around the
the December 2021 Solstice (On the 21st).
(From Time-and-Date).

Click to ENLARGE. Table from ‘timeanddate.com‘.

My favorite day of the year, hands down.

As of the Winter Solstice days start getting longer!

The Winter Solstice, the SHORTEST DAY of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Welcome YULE!

Shout it out loud. Welcome YULE.

Ah! Today, I managed to make sure that I stopped my walk at 10:59am — precisely. I observed a moment of silence & reflection. It all felt so good.

As far as I am concerned we are now heading into Spring. Days are getting longer. Within a month it will be noticeable. We will have 30 minutes more of sunlight.

Welcome YULE.

Us heathens live for today. Favorite day of the year.

Welcome YULE.

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Winter Solstice 2021 Is Tuesday, December 21 — 10:59 AM Eastern, In New England.

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by Anura Guruge
on December 19, 2021

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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire around the
the December 2021 Solstice (On the 21st).
(From Time-and-Date).

Click to ENLARGE. Table from ‘timeanddate.com‘.

Welcome YULE!

My favorite day of the year, hands down.

As of the Winter Solstice days start getting longer!

The Winter Solstice, the SHORTEST DAY of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Welcome YULE!

Shout it out loud. Welcome YULE.

Evenings have already started getting longer — as I pointed out in this post. Funnily enough (if it can be construed as funny) mornings DO NOT START getting earlier until January 7, 2022. Then, we really getting into the stride of things. Within a month of the solstice we would have gained in excess of 30 minutes!

Click to ENLARGE. I send you my blessings.
Click to ENLARGE.

As I do most years I give YOU, in peace,
‘Dona Nobis Pacem‘ (Grant us peace)
for the Winter Solstice.

Click image to access ‘The Revels’.
Click to ENLARGE. From Wikipedia.

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Starting Monday, December 13, 2021, Evenings In New Hampshire Will Start Getting Longer — Spring Is On The Way!

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by Anura Guruge
on December 10, 2021

Sunrise & Sunset Times for Concord, New Hampshire around the
the December 2021 Solstice (On the 21st).
(From Time-and-Date).

Click to ENLARGE. Table from ‘timeanddate.com‘.

Yes, yes, yes, the SHORTEST DAY is still on THE Solstice (i.e., December 21, 2021). You can see that, clearly, in the above table (from trusty ‘timeanddate.com‘).

But, the shortening of the days (or for that matter the lengthening of them post the solstice) does NOT happen symmetrically, i.e., from both ends (meaning sunrise & sunset). Yes, we kind of think it does, i.e., sunrises getting later & sunset getting earlier, BUT it is never symmetrical.

As you can see from the table above, sunsets will start to get later as of Monday, December 13. But, the shortest day is still 8 days further. Why? How? Sunrise keeps on getting later — until the solstice.

So, starting Monday evenings will slowly, very slowly, start getting later & later. Look forward to that. Today, sunset was way too early.

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