About this Event

Sun reaches its northernmost point. Longest day of the year. Start of Dakshinayana — Sun begins southward journey.

Jyotish Significance

Summer Solstice (Dakshinayan) is an important astronomical transition. Sun reaches its northernmost point. Longest day of the year. Start of Dakshinayana — Sun begins southward journey. In Jyotish, the Uttarayan (start of northward journey) and Dakshinayan (start of southward journey) mark auspicious and inauspicious halves of the year respectively. The two equinoxes are solar midpoints.

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