Summer solstice: Google Doodle welcomes Summer, celebrates 2019 as the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere on June 21

Summer season starts June 21! Google doodle celebrates the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, where the sunshine of happy earth is enjoyed. Summer solstice is the longest day of the year, which is the official beginning of the summer season.

Google doodles today celebrates summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere to mark the beginning of the summer season 2019. Summer solstice is the longest day of the year, which is considered to be the official beginning of summer season. Google doodle shows a photo of Google logo that shows the earth in a happy mood, enjoying the sun in summer. This day coincides with World Music Day and International Yoga Day.

21st June is the longest day of 2019 because it is a symbol of summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. Today, half of the planet, i.e. north of the equator, will enjoy maximum sunlight in a single day.

The warmest season of the year, summer session begins today with the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and will last until 22 or 23 September.

Literal meaning of summer solstice

Summer solstice is also known as 'June Sankranti'. Here is the meaning of 'ice sankranti':

Sankranti = Latin word 'soul' meaning sun; And 'statium' means that standing still

These Latin words, once combined, the words 'the sun is still standing' translate

Event of summer solstice

Summer solstice is the day when our earth is completely leaning towards the sun at the maximum point. The sun reaches its highest point in the sky and gets positioned directly above the cancer line. When the sun is at the highest point, its speed stops.

This period - 21 June to 22 September or 23 - the longest day and the smallest nights. However, the date of Summer solstice depends on climate and tradition. While people of the Northern Hemisphere are now witnessing in the summer, the winter and vice versa appear in the southern hemisphere.

Therefore, on June 21, the Southern Hemisphere is the smallest day, officially the winter season starts. This event is called winter solstice.

Festival of Summer solstice in Stonehenge

With summer solstice, the start of the summer season is celebrated in different countries in different ways. One of Day's biggest celebrations, prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, occurs in Stonehenge. Thousands of people gather to watch the sunrise on the ancient monument and to connect with nature.

Stonehenge is the main focus of the summer solstice for many people because the sun rises directly on the heel stone, which is located next to the last part of Stonehenge Avenue. This monument, more than 4000 years old, is opened to the public during the summer solstice.

Stonehenge has been the subject of study for various historians because the monument has remained a mystery for its period. Historians and experts are still not certain how and when Stonehenge was made; How and why these stones were transported to Wiltshire; And who created it. However, people gather here every year and start the summer season together.