Comment by alephnerd

Depends on where in India you are from. Winter solstice times with chillai kalan [0] which is treated as a headache. Everything basically shuts down in the Western Himalayan regions of India around this time - from Ladakh to Kashmir to Upper Himachal and Uttarakhand [1], though it has gotten much drier/warmer compared to the stories my parents or grandparents told.

[0] - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/snow-rain-in-higher-re...

[1] - https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/snow-likely-on-de...