KARACHI: The Summer Solstice 2010 – the longest day of the year – June 21st 2010. On this day, the sun is direct over the tropical of Cancer in the northern cerebral hemisphere and this is the day with the longest period of daytime.The Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere agrees to the Winter Solstice – the longest night, in the southern hemisphere.
What precisely is a Solstice? According to Wikipedia : “A solstice is an astronomical case that chances twice each year, when the angle of the Earth’s axis is most leant towards or away from the Sun, inducing the Sun’s evident position in the sky to reach its northernmost or southernmost extreme.”
Across the globe, different cultures worship and celebrate the period approximately the Summer Solstice since it is believed to be a symbol of fertility, new life and a time for rites.
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