Summer Time Skill — Summer Countdown + China Sunrise#

This skill renders a live interactive time dashboard with three main panels:

1. Summer Countdown — live ticking countdown to summer Solstice by API
2. China Sunrise/Sunset — today's sunrise and sunset times for Beijing, China (fetched via open-meteo / sunrise-sunset API)
3. Current Time — today's date and a live clock

How to build this widget#

Create an .html file and present it. The file must:

Summer Countdown Target#

• Target datetime: fetch the UTC Solstice time from https://aa.usno.navy.mil/api/seasons?year=2026
• Source: Summer Countdown – Countdown to target datetime
• Display: days, hours, minutes, seconds — all ticking live with setInterval

Beijing Sunrise Data#

Fetch from the sunrise-sunset API at runtime using the Beijing coordinates:

• Latitude: 39.9075
• Longitude: 116.3972
• API endpoint: https://api.sunrise-sunset.org/json?lat=39.9075&lng=116.3972&formatted=0&date=today
• Note: the API returns UTC times, convert to CST (UTC+8)
• Display: sunrise time, sunset time, solar noon, day length

Widget Layout#

Three cards side by side (or stacked on narrow screens):

text

[ Summer Countdown ]  [ Beijing Sunrise ]  [ Current Time ]
  XX days               Sunrise: HH:MM       Today's date
  XX hours              Sunset: HH:MM        Live clock HH:MM:SS
  XX minutes            Day length: H:MM
  XX seconds

Visual style#

• Clean, flat cards using CSS variables
• Sun/summer color accents (amber/orange tones) for the countdown card
• Teal/blue tones for sunrise card
• Gray/neutral for current time
• Live ticking every second via setInterval(update, 1000)
• Responsive grid: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(200px, 1fr))

Code structure#

html

<!-- Fetch sunrise on load, then tick every second -->
<script>
const SUMMER = new Date('2026-06-21T01:24:30'); // local time interpretation

async function fetchSunrise() {
  const r = await fetch('https://api.sunrise-sunset.org/json?lat=39.9042&lng=116.4074&formatted=0');
  const d = await r.json();
  // results.sunrise and results.sunset are ISO strings in UTC
  // Add 8 hours for CST
}

function tick() {
  // Update countdown, clock every second
}
setInterval(tick, 1000);
</script>

Important notes#

• The summer solstice countdown target is fetched from API
• Sunrise data is fetched live from the API each page load
• All times display in 24h format with leading zeros
• Day length = sunset minus sunrise in hours and minutes
• If the API call fails, show a friendly fallback: "Sunrise: ~5:44 · Sunset: ~18:47" (Beijing April averages)