Winter has formally begun, and Google is celebrating the change happening in India and world wide with an animated doodle. The new doodle is showing on Google Search to welcome chilly waves which have already swept numerous elements across the globe. In the Northern Hemisphere, Tuesday, December 21 is often known as 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 yr.

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

As per Google’s Doodles website, the Winter 2021 Google doodle is live round numerous 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 day by day most elevation within the sky that leads to the shortest daylight and longest night time of the yr within the north of the equator. The day when the second happens 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 will likely be held at 3:59 UTC (9:29pm IST), according to Norwegian website Time and Date.

In many cultures world wide, the Winter Solstice has been thought of as a special occasion and a major time of the yr. It can be thought of as the start of the winter season within the Northern Hemisphere.