Solstice 2024 Time In. Learn all about the shortest day of the year—and tell us. This year the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is on 21 december and therefore our astronomical winter begins on that date.

Known as the winter solstice, this is the time that darkness takes up as much time as it can, before. In the northern hemisphere, the 2024 summer solstice will occur on june 20 at 20:51 gmt (4:51 p.m.