Today shortest day of 2011

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Today shortest day of 2011

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Today, December 22, will the shortest day of the year.

22 December,2011 09:18 am

The Met Department said that the sun rose at 7:06am and set at 5:07pm, making the day only 10.1 hours long.The days would now start lengthening till June 20 to June 21 when again the process would repeat itself. On or around June 21 each year, the rays of the sun become perpendicular to the Tropic of Cancer at 23°30 North latitude. This day is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.