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  2. Sun path - Wikipedia

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    Sun path, sometimes also called day arc, refers to the daily (sunrise to sunset) and seasonal arc-like path that the Sun appears to follow across the sky as the Earth rotates and orbits the Sun. The Sun's path affects the length of daytime experienced and amount of daylight received along a certain latitude during a given season.

  3. Sunrise equation - Wikipedia

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    Sunrise, sunset, or sun position for any location – U.S. only; Sunrise, sunset and day length for any location – Worldwide; Rise/Set/Transit/Twilight Data – U.S. only; Astronomical Information Center; Converting Between Julian Dates and Gregorian Calendar Dates; Approximate Solar Coordinates; Algorithms for Computing Astronomical Phenomena

  4. Prahara - Wikipedia

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    The first prahara of the day begins at sunrise, and the fourth prahara of the day ends at sunset. A second round of four praharas unfolds during the night, between sunset and sunrise. The traditional system of praharas overlaps with the traditional system of muhurtas also, which is based on precise astronomical calculations.

  5. Sunset - Wikipedia

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    Calculate the sunset time, which is the solar noon time plus the sunset hour angle in degree divided by 15; Use the sunset time as input to the solar geometry routine to get the solar azimuth angle at sunset. An interesting feature in the figure on the right is apparent hemispheric symmetry in regions where daily sunrise and sunset actually occur.

  6. Daytime - Wikipedia

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    The period of daytime from the standpoint of a surface observer is roughly defined as the period between sunrise, when the Earth's rotation towards the east first causes the Sun's disc to appear above the horizon, to sunset, when the continuing rotation of the Earth causes the Sun's disc to disappear below the horizon to the west. Because the ...

  7. Upagraha - Wikipedia

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    If the birth occurred before sunrise, find the time of sunset on the previous day. Find the duration of the time between that previous day's sunset and this day's sunrise. This duration is called ratrimāna. If the birth occurred after sunrise, during daytime (before sunset), find the time of sunrise the same day.

  8. Solar time - Wikipedia

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    On a prograde planet like the Earth, the sidereal day is shorter than the solar day. At time 1, the Sun and a certain distant star are both overhead. At time 2, the planet has rotated 360° and the distant star is overhead again (1→2 = one sidereal day). But it is not until a little later, at time 3, that the Sun is overhead again (1→3 = one solar day). More simply, 1→2 is a complete ...

  9. Sunrise - Wikipedia

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    Sunrise seen over the Atlantic Ocean through cirrus clouds on the Jersey Shore at Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S. Sunrise (or sunup) is the moment when the upper rim of the Sun appears on the horizon in the morning, [1] at the start of the Sun path. The term can also refer to the entire process of the solar disk crossing the horizon.