What are the latitudinal and longitudinal implications of India?
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Latitudinal extent of India is 20.59°N and longitudinal extent of India is 78.96°E.
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The longitudinal extent of India is 30 degrees. As the sun rises in the east and sets in the west; it takes 4 minutes for the sun to move across 1 longitude.
Thus, the easternmost point of India would be 2 hours ahead of the westernmost point (30 x 4 = 120 minutes), in accordance with the local time.
This difference in time might create confusion in air and rail timings and so many other things across the two states. To avoid this confusion, 82°30′ East longitude is taken as the Standard Time Meridian of India and its local time is taken a standard throughout the country.
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