Winter has formally begun, and Google is celebrating the change happening in India and all over the world with an animated doodle. The new doodle is showing on Google Search to welcome chilly waves which have already swept varied elements across the globe. In the Northern Hemisphere, Tuesday, December 21 is also called the Winter Solstice — the day when the daylight seems for the shortest interval and the night time is the longest one. It can be referred to as the Longest Night of the 12 months.

Google has featured an animated hedgehog within the snow on its web site to mark the start of the winter season the world over. Clicking on the doddle brings customers to look outcomes across the season.

As per Google’s Doodles web site, the Winter 2021 Google doodle is live round varied elements of the world, together with India, Canada, Russia, the US, and the UK.

In addition to the start of winters, the Winter Solstice is happening on Tuesday. It is the second when the Sun is at its lowest every day most elevation within the sky that leads to the shortest daylight and longest night time of the 12 months within the north of the equator. The day when the second happens is known as winter solstice or hiemal solstice. It additionally astronomically marks the start of winter and finish of fall within the western a part of the world.

The Winter Solstice of 2021 can be held at 3:59 UTC (9:29pm IST), according to Norwegian web site Time and Date.

In many cultures all over the world, the Winter Solstice has been thought-about as a big day and a big time of the 12 months. It can be thought-about as the start of the winter season within the Northern Hemisphere.