[Avodah] Chatzot and location

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, January 25, 2007 5:52 pm, Chaim Tatel wrote:
:>Time zones are an artificial creation, which must of course be taken
:>into account.  But the natural time of chatzot on a given date is the
:>same all over the world.
..
: Chatzot on given dates *DO* depend on location on earth.
: I made a small chart to prove this (data comes from HEBDATE).
...
: Chatzot varies by location, and time of year.

The difference between times on each date is due to where each on is WRT their
time zone, as RZS wrote. Longitude is irrelevant, and lattitude has no other
effect.

If you notice, in every location it is 6 minutes earlier on Jul 25 than Jan
25. That's due to the analemma. It's not like chatzos moves more for those in
one location than for those in another.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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