Winter Solstice 2024 Southern Hemisphere Map. This page gives the day length in hours, minutes and seconds on solstice day, including previous and next day. Famed groundhog punxsutawney phil forecasted a longer winter when he saw his shadow last groundhog day, but the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says there’s “no predictive skill” for phil.
— the pagan year begins (and ends) with samhain. It also lists astronomical sunrise and sunset timings on winter solstice day.