Winter solstice instant of the solstice can be calculated, direct observation of the solstice by amateurs is impossible because the sun moves too slowly or appears to stand still (the meaning of "solstice"). However, by use of astronomical data tracking, the precise timing of its occurrence is now public knowledge. One cannot directly detect the precise instant of the solstice (by definition, one cannot observe that an object has stopped moving until one later observes that it has not moved further from the preceding spot, or that it has moved in the opposite direction). Further, to be precise to a single day,
The Months receiving punishment, but in most such tales – "Diamonds and Toads", "Mother Hulda", "The Three Heads in the Well", "Father Frost", or "The Two Caskets" – the siblings are sisters or stepsisters in Aarne-Thompson type 480, The Kind and the Unkind Girls. The Months The Months is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the "Pentamerone". Cianne and Lise were brothers, and Cianne was rich and Lise poor. Lise set out to wander the world. He met with twelve youths, who welcomed him and asked him about the months. Lise said they each had