NCERT Class 6 Geography: Chapter 2, Question C.3
Places in the east are ahead in time than places in the west.
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NCERT Class 6 Geography: Chapter 2, Question C.3
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NCERT Class 6 Geography: Chapter 2, Question C.3
Places in the east are ahead in time than places in the west.
The Earth rotates from the west towards the east, and this is obvious from the fact that the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. When the Sun rises at a particular place, any place to its east witnesses sunrise. However, it is still dark in the places to its west. In terms of longitudinal meridians, all the places in the Eastern Hemisphere to the Prime Meridian are ahead in time by 4 minutes for every 1° longitude and all the places in the Western Hemisphere to the Prime Meridian are behind by 4 minutes for every 1° longitude.
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