Winter solstice one must be able to observe a change in azimuth or elevation less than or equal to about 1/60 of the angular diameter of the sun. Observing that it occurred within a two-day period is easier, requiring an observation precision of only about 1/16 of the angular diameter of the sun. Thus, many observations are of the day of the solstice rather than the instant. This is often done by observing the sunrise and sunset or using an astronomically aligned instrument that allows a ray of light to be cast on a certain point around that time. Length of day
The Twelve Months (fairy tale) store for the wicked stepmother. She too let greed run away with her and to this day she still searches in an unfriendly forest for the path back to her home. The Twelve Months (fairy tale) "The Twelve Months" is a Russian fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in "Folktales of Greece". It is Aarne-Thompson type 480, the kind and the unkind girls. Others of this type include "Diamonds and Toads", "The Enchanted Wreath", "Mother Hulda", "Maiden Bright-eye", "The Old Witch", "The Three Heads in the Well", "The Months", and "The Two Caskets". A young and beautiful girl called