The Holiday Season: Today

Today many of us yearn to make the holiday season
more meaningful, more loving, perhaps more spiritual.

Candlegrove traces the winter holiday season daily from Thanksgiving through Epiphany.

`2008 Seasonal Dates`

(be sure to adjust for your time zone)
Vernal Equinox: March 19, 10:48 pm PDT
Summer Solstice: June 20, 4:59 pm PDT
Fall Equinox: September 22, 8:44 am PDT
Winter Solstice: December 21, 4:04 am PST

Geographical note: Look on a globe. If it's a good one, it will include the distorted figure 8 that traces the Sun's path along the latitudes throughout the year. This scale's name? The analemma.

If your holiday celebration depends on knowing sunrise and/or sunset times for winter solstice or any other day in your location, find it online at the U.S. Naval Observatory. The database covers 22,000 US locations. For world locations, you'll need your latitude and longitude.

This site also lists solstices and equinoxes through 2020. You'll need to convert to your time zone from Universal Time.