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-as of [11 MARCH 2026]-
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-THE “DAY” BEGINS AT THE [INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE]–
-[MIDNIGHT] @ [180°] MERIDIAN-
-[NOON] OF [PREVIOUS DAY] @ [0°] MERIDIAN-
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*DURING “DAYLIGHT SAVINGS” TIME* —>
(MARCH – NOVEMBER)
-WHEN THE “DAY” BEGINS @ “INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE”, IT IS [8:00AM] OF [PREVIOUS DAY] IN [EASTERN TIME ZONE]-
“16 HOURS BEHIND”
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*DURING “STANDARD” TIME* —>
(NOVEMBER – MARCH)
-WHEN THE “DAY” BEGINS @ “INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE”, IT IS [7:00AM] OF [PREVIOUS DAY] IN [EASTERN TIME ZONE]-
“17 HOURS BEHIND”
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-WHEN OBSERVING [EARTH] FROM “ABOVE” THE [NORTH POLE], [EARTH] ROTATES [COUNTER-CLOCKWISE]-
-MEANING THE “DAY BEGINNING” PROCEEDS WESTWARD-
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-[1] “EARTH ROTATION” DEFINES THE “DAY” DURATION-
-THE (24-HOUR) “DAY” IS DIVIDED INTO “DAY” + “NIGHT”-
(BASED ON “SOLAR VISIBILITY”)
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-THE “EQUATOR” IS EARTH’S LARGEST CIRCUMFERENCE-
-[40,075] KM-
([24,901] MILES)
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*SPEED* —>
-[40,075] KM / [DAY]-
-[40,075,000] METERS / [DAY]-
-[1,669,791.667] METERS / [HOUR]-
-[27,829.86] METERS / [MINUTE]-
-[463.831] METERS / [SECOND]-
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-ROTATES PROGRESSIVELY SLOWER AS YOU MOVE [NORTH/SOUTH] OF [EQUATOR]-
-SINCE THE [CIRCUMFERENCE] GRADUALLY DECREASES UNTIL IT IS [0]-
-IT GENERALLY DECREASES AT AN [ACCELERATING RATE] AS YOU APPROACH THE [POLES] FROM THE [EQUATOR]-
-ALTHOUGH THE [GEOID] MODEL INDICATES THAT “LOCAL GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS” CAN RENDER A “RIPPLE” RATHER THAN “SMOOTH CURVE”-
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-“LONGITUDE” MEASURES “HORIZONTAL POSITION”-
-CONVENTIONALLY DIVIDED INTO 360 [DEGREES]-
-THOUGH YOU CAN ALSO DIVIDE IT INTO [2π [RADIANS]]-
-[2π] ≈ [6.28319]-
-[1] RADIAN = [57.3] DEGREES-
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-WE CONVENTIONALLY DEFINE 1 “DAY” INTO 24 “HOURS”–
-[24] HOURS = [360] DEGREES-
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-[1] HOUR = [15] DEGREES-
-[1] MINUTE = [0.25] DEGREE-
-[1] SECOND = [0.0041666] DEGREE-
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-[1] HOUR = [0.262] RADIAN-
-[1] MINUTE = [0.00436] RADIAN-
-[1] SECOND = [0.0000727] RADIAN-
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-[1] DEGREE = [240] SECONDS-
-[1] DEGREE = [4] MINUTES-
-[1] DEGREE = [0.0667] HOUR-
-[1] DEGREE = [0.278%] DAY-
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-[1] RADIAN = [13,752] SECONDS-
-[1] RADIAN = [229.2] MINUTES-
-[1] RADIAN = [3.82] HOURS-
-[1] RADIAN = [15.9%] DAY-
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*[DAYLIGHT SAVINGS] TIME* —>
-[MARCH] – [NOVEMBER]-
-[UTC MINUS 4]-
(+1 HOUR)
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*[STANDARD] TIME* —>
-[NOVEMBER] – [MARCH]-
-[UTC MINUS 5]-
(-1 HOUR)
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*UTC OFFSET* —>
-SUBTRACT [5 HOURS] TO TIME-TRANSLATE [DECEMBER SOLSTICE]-
“[STANDARD] TIME”
-IF [DECEMBER SOLSTICE] OCCURS BEFORE [5 AM] UTC, THEN IT OCCURS ON THE PREVIOUS “DAY” IN THE [EASTERN TIME ZONE]-
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-SUBTRACT [4 HOURS] TO TIME-TRANSLATE [JUNE SOLSTICE] / [MARCH/SEPTEMBER EQUINOX]-
“[DAYLIGHT SAVINGS] TIME”
-IF [DECEMBER SOLSTICE] OCCURS BEFORE [4 AM] UTC, THEN IT OCCURS ON THE PREVIOUS “DAY” IN THE [EASTERN TIME ZONE]-
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-A [DAY] BEGINS/ENDS @ [MIDNIGHT]-
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-OVER THE COURSE OF A [DAY], THE [SUN] RISES ONCE + SETS ONCE-
(THOUGH [SUNRISE/SUNSET] DOES NOT [BEGIN/END] OUR “CALENDAR DAYS”)
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-IF EARTH’S [ORBIT] AROUND THE [SUN] HAD NO [AXIAL TILT], “DAY” (MEANING “DAYLIGHT”) + “NIGHT” WOULD BE EQUAL IN DURATION OVER THE COURSE OF 1 “EARTH AXIS ROTATION”-
-BECAUSE [EARTH ORBIT] DOES HAVE AN “AXIAL TILT”, THE [DAY/NIGHT] EQUALIZATION IS ONLY ACHIEVED TWICE A [YEAR]-
([MARCH EQUINOX] / [SEPTEMBER EQUINOX])
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-WE DIVIDE [EARTH ROTATION] INTO 360 [DEGREES]-
-WE DIVIDE [DAY DURATION] INTO 24 [HOURS]-
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-[24 HOURS] = [360 DEGREES]-
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*MIDPOINTS* —>
-[12 HOURS]-
-[180 DEGREES]-
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-[PRIME MERIDIAN] IS [0°] LONGITUDE-
-SINCE 1884-
-[ROYAL OBSERVATORY] / [GREENWICH] / [LONDON] / [ENGLAND]-
-THIS IS NOT WHERE THE “DAY BEGINS”-
-THE “DAY” BEGINS @ THE “INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE”-
(WHICH IS [180°] FROM THE [PRIME MERIDIAN]-
-WHEN THE “CALENDAR DAY” BEGINS @ THE “INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE”, IT IS “HIGH NOON” OF THE [PREVIOUS DAY] AT THE [PRIME MERIDIAN]-
-“HIGH NOON” SHOULD IDEALLY BE ACHIEVED 12 HOURS INTO THE “CALENDAR DAY”-
-THE “MIDPOINT” OF THE DAY-
-WHEN SUN REACHES ITS “HIGHEST” POINT IN THE SKY-
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-HOW TO MEASURE “SOLAR NOON”-
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-i grew up in the “eastern time zone”-
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(“daylight savings time”) = (+1 hour)
(march – november)
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*UTC-5*
(5 hours behind UTC)
(observed in ‘eastern time zone during; “standard time”)
(“standard time” = “november – march”)
(observed in central time zone during “daylight savings time”)
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*UTC-4*
(4 hours behind UTC)
(observed all year in the ‘eastern caribbean’)
(observed in eastern time zone during “daylight savings time”)
(“march – november”)
(observed in atlantic time zone during “standard time”)
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-the Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a ‘time zone’ encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the ‘contiguous united states’, parts of ‘eastern canada’, and the state of ‘Quintana Roo’ in ‘Mexico’, ‘Panama’ in ‘Central America’ and the [caribbean islands]-
(places that use Eastern Standard Time (EST) when observing standard time (autumn/winter) are 5 hours behind ‘Coordinated Universal Time’ (UTC−05:00))
(“Eastern Daylight Time” (EDT), when observing daylight saving time DST (spring/summer) is 4 hours behind ‘Coordinated Universal Time’ (UTC−04:00))
(in the northern parts of the ‘time zone’, on the second ‘sunday’ in ‘March’, at 2:00 a.m. EST, clocks are advanced to 3:00 a.m. EDT leaving a one-hour “gap”)
(on the first Sunday in ‘November’, at 2:00 a.m. EDT, clocks are moved back to 1:00 a.m. EST, thus “duplicating” one hour)
(southern parts of the zone (‘panama’ + the ‘caribbean’) do not observe ‘daylight saving time’)
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-as of [5 MARCH 2026]-
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