India witnesses longest day on June 21

Hyderabad: Wednesday happened to be the longest day and had the shortest night of the year.

The day marked the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the phenomenon occurred at 8:27 pm in India.

The summer solstice is



an astronomical phenomenon caused by the Earth’s axial tilt. It is marked to celebrate the beginning of astronomical summer or mid-summer as at this time, the Earth’s pole is on the maximum tilt towards the sun. The annual phenomenon falls around June 20, or 21 every year.