The concept of pain is sometimes used in a figurative sense, as when speaking of spiritual pain to describe a special psychic state caused by various external or internal factors and associated with distressing sensations.
During the winter solstice â which falls on December 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and June 20 or 21 in the Southern Hemisphere â the path that the sun travels in the sky reaches its lowest point. It is the shortest day of the year, and has been noted and celebrated by a wide variety of cultures around the world.
Due to the Earth's axial tilt, winter in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from the winter solstice (typically December 21 UTC) to the March Equinox (typically March 20 UTC), while summer lasts from the summer solstice (typically June 21 UTC) through to the autumnal equinox (typically September 23 UTC).his article is about the use of the term in describing the body of the Earth or other round astronomical bodies. For the use of the term describing astronomical observations of the sky, see Northern Celestial Hemisphere.