Other festivities include Calan Mai (May Day), celebrating the beginning of summer Calan Awst (Lammas Day) and Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau (Candlemas Day).

The most recent exact equinox for Saturn was on 11 August 2009.

Its culmination at the winter solstice was marked by celebration in Hawaii, where it was known as Ka'ulua , Queen of Heaven .

The same is true of the southern hemisphere in November, December, and January.

In the Southern Hemisphere, December 21st is usually the longest day of the year and occurs during the southern summer.

This occurred just before the annual flooding of the Nile and the summer solstice, after a 70 day absence from the skies.

Feasting on dog meat is a summer solstice tradition for many residents in this city of six million.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 14 hours, 48 minutes during the summer solstice and 9 hours, 32 minutes during the winter solstice.

However, during the summer it has the most hours of daylight of any Australian city, with 15.2 hours on the summer solstice.

In the northern hemisphere, winter solstice occurs on about December 21, summer solstice is near June 21, spring equinox is around March 20 and autumnal equinox is about September 23.

The Voyager 2 flyby coincided with the southern hemisphere's 1986 summer solstice, when nearly the entire northern hemisphere was unilluminated.

The God is also often depicted as a Sun God,particularly at the festival of Litha, or the summer solstice.

At the maximum temperature attainable during Titania's summer solstice (89 K), the vapor pressure of carbon dioxide is about 3 nbar.

Each planet has two in the course of its orbit when one hemisphere has its summer solstice, when its day is longest, the other has its winter solstice, when its day is shortest.

From the wikipedia entry on the solstice

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We'll have to celebrate the winter solstice.

June 24 is a very special date in many parts of the world, because in addition to being the longest day of the year, it coincides with the summer solstice (which is why it is the longest day of the year).

It also marked the winter solstice and a new year in the Andes of the Southern Hemisphere.

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the sun remains visible at the local midnight.

Celebrating Eid in Jaffa 1920

Stratospheric temperature measurements beginning in the 1970s also showed maximum values near the 1986 solstice.

This information implies that the visible pole brightens some time before the solstice and darkens after the equinox.

The Council , on a proposal by the negotiator , shall adopt a decision concluding the agreement .

And this was a cause for celebration.

The Council, on a proposal by the negotiator, shall adopt a European decision concluding the agreement.

Celebration of Oktoberfest by the German community in Rio Grande do Sul.

There should be a celebration.

Do you like summer?

I don't like summer.

I miss summer!

The Council of Ministers shall adopt a European decision concluding the agreement on a proposal by the agreement negotiator .

During the summer, various musical events take place as part of the Bratislava Cultural Summer at Bratislava Castle, Park kultúry a oddychu and elsewhere.

In the absence of such requests , the Commission would be able to proceed with the conclusion of the agreement .

August 31 marks the celebration of BlogDay around the world.

Art and Refuge in Brazil a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Fridtjof Nansen.

In some areas celebrations begin as early as the first of the month and can continue till the end of the month.

Festival of Amarysia is a celebration to worship Artemis Amarysia in Attica.

From Ramallah, Rania Zabaneh tweets scenes of celebration

The Cervantes Institute of Spanish has set out to celebrate the Spanish language in a series of cultural and educational events held all around the world at their institutes on the weekend closest to the Summer Solstice this year, that date will fall on June 18, 2011.

I don't like summer.

I like summer the best.

On May 4, 2005, for the 50th Anniversary Celebration media event.

I think it's a great it's a celebration.

The conclusion or renewal of such contracts requires the prior authorisation of the Ministry of Finance .