Last Speech of Tlatoani Cuauhtemoc, August 12, 1521

"Our Sun has gone down. Our Sun has been lost from view and has left us in complete darkness. But we know it will return again that it will rise again to light us anew. But while it is there in the Mansion of Silence Let's join together, let's embrace each other and in the very center of our being hide all that our hearts love and we know is the Great Treasure. Let us hide our Temples our schools, our sacred soccer game our youth centers our houses of flowery song so that only our streets remain. Our homes will enclose us until our New Sun rises. Most honorable fathers and most honorable mothers, may you never forget to guide your young ones teach your children, while you live how good it has been and will be. Until now our beloved Anahuac sheltered and protected our destinies that our ancestors and our parents enthusiastically received and seeded in our being. Now we will instruct our children how to be good. They will raise themselves up and gain strength and as goodness make real their great destiny in this, our beloved mother Anahuac."
 

  


The Seasons of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

SUMMER SOLSTICE: The first day of the Season of Summer. On this day (JUNE 21 in the northern hemisphere*) the Sun is farthest north and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the longest of the year.
AUTUMN EQUINOX: The first day of the Season of Autumn - and the beginning of a long period of darkness at the Pole. In the northern hemisphere: SEPTEMBER 22 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving southward). In the southern hemisphere: MARCH 20 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving northward).

WINTER SOLSTICE: The first day of the Season of Winter. On this day (DECEMBER 22 in the northern hemisphere*) the Sun is farthest south and the length of time between Sunrise and Sunset is the shortest of the year.

* In the southern hemisphere, winter and summer solstices are exchanged. Summer: December 22. Winter: June 21.
SPRING EQUINOX: The first day of the Season of Spring - and the beginning of a long period of sunlight at the Pole. In the northern hemisphere: MARCH 20 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving northward). In the southern hemisphere: SEPTEMBER 22 (the Sun crosses the Equator moving southward).

...2005...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2005 734 AM EST - 1234 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2005 146 AM EST - 0646 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2005 523 PM EST - 2223 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2005 135 PM EST - 1835 UTC

...2006...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2006 126 PM EST - 1826 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2006 726 AM EST - 1226 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2006 1103 PM EST - 0403 UTC SEP 23
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2006 722 PM EST - 0022 UTC DEC

...2007...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2007 707 PM EST - 0007 UTC MAR 21
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2007 106 PM EST - 1806 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 23 2007 451 AM EST - 0951 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 22 2007 108 AM EST - 0608 UTC

...2008...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2008 1248 AM EST - 0548 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 20 2008 659 PM EST - 2359 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2008 1044 AM EST - 1544 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2008 704 AM EST - 1204 UTC

...2009...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2009 644 AM EST - 1144 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2009 1245 AM EST - 0545 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2009 418 PM EST - 2118 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2009 1247 PM EST - 1747 UTC

...2010...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2010 1232 PM EST - 1732 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2010 628 AM EST - 1128 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2010 1009 PM EST - 0309 UTC SEP 23
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2010 638 PM EST - 2338 UTC

...2011...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2011 621 PM EST - 2321 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2011 1216 PM EST - 1716 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 23 2011 404 AM EST - 0904 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 22 2011 1230 AM EST - 0530 UTC

...2012...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2012 1214 AM EST - 0514 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 20 2012 609 PM EST - 2309 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2012 949 AM EST - 1449 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2012 611 AM EST - 1111 UTC

...2013...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2013 602 AM EST - 1102 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2013 1204 AM EST - 0504 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2013 344 PM EST - 2044 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2013 1211 PM EST - 1711 UTC

...2014...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2014 1157 AM EST - 1657 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2014 551 AM EST - 1051 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2014 929 PM EST - 0229 UTC SEP 23
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2014 603 PM EST - 2303 UTC

...2015...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2015 545 PM EST - 2245 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2015 1138 AM EST - 1638 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 23 2015 320 AM EST - 0820 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2015 1148 PM EST - 0438 UTC DEC 22

...2016...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 19 2016 1130 PM EST - 0430 UTC MAR 20
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 20 2016 534 PM EST - 2234 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2016 921 AM EST - 1421 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2016 544 AM EST - 1044 UTC

...2017...
ERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2017 528 AM EST - 1028 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 20 2017 1124 PM EST - 0424 UTC JUN 21
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2017 302 PM EST - 2002 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2017 1128 AM EST - 1628 UTC

...2018...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2018 1115 AM EST - 1615 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2018 507 AM EST - 1007 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2018 854 PM EST - 0154 UTC SEP 23
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2018 522 PM EST - 2222 UTC

...2019...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 20 2019 458 PM EST - 2158 UTC
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 21 2019 1054 AM EST - 1554 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 23 2019 250 AM EST - 0750 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2019 1119 PM EST - 0419 UTC DEC 22

...2020...
VERNAL EQUINOX.....(SPRING) MAR 19 2020 1049 PM EST - 0349 UTC MAR 20
SUMMER SOLSTICE....(SUMMER) JUN 20 2020 443 PM EST - 2143 UTC
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2020 130 PM EST - 1330 UTC
WINTER SOLSTICE....(WINTER) DEC 21 2020 502 AM EST - 1002 UTC

 
 

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