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Raphael S Tables of Houses

The document explains the concepts of latitude and longitude as geometrical coordinates for determining locations on Earth, with longitude measured east or west of the prime meridian and latitude measured north or south of the equator. It also discusses Local Mean Time (LMT) and the necessity of dividing larger countries into time zones due to varying longitudes, while smaller countries like India use a single standard time. The standard longitude for India is set at 82°-30' East, corresponding to Indian Standard Time (IST).

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Raphael S Tables of Houses

The document explains the concepts of latitude and longitude as geometrical coordinates for determining locations on Earth, with longitude measured east or west of the prime meridian and latitude measured north or south of the equator. It also discusses Local Mean Time (LMT) and the necessity of dividing larger countries into time zones due to varying longitudes, while smaller countries like India use a single standard time. The standard longitude for India is set at 82°-30' East, corresponding to Indian Standard Time (IST).

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3. Sidereal Time of the LMT


4. Raphael‘s Tables of Houses
5. K.P. Ephemeris
Explanations:
1. Latitude and Longitude of the place of birth, which can be
taken from any standard atlas or from any Astrological software.
Note: The lines of longitude and latitude are geometrical
coordinates used in determining the location of any place on the
surface of the earth.
a. Longitude is measured East or West of the prime meridian
(an imaginary line of concentric circle, on the face of the Earth,
passing through North and South poles which cuts the Equator
of the Earth at right angle), which passes through Greenwich near
London. All places located East of this prime meridian have 0 to
180 degrees East longitudes and all places located West of this
prime meridian have 0 to 180 degrees West longitudes. 180
degrees East and 180 degrees West is the same meridian lying
opposite to 0-degree prime meridian and is called as International
Date Line.
b. Latitudes are the imaginary lines, which are parallel to the
Equator of the Earth. Places located North of the Equator will
have 0 to 90 degrees North latitudes and places located South of
the Equator will have 0 to 90 degrees South latitudes.
2. Local Mean Time (LMT): Conversion of Zonal or Standard
Time of the country to Local Mean Time of the place of birth:
In bigger countries like USA, Canada, erstwhile Russia and
China, the longitudes vary so much across the country that a
single standard time will not serve the purpose; so the country will
be divided into various zones. The standard time for each zone
is called as Zonal Time. For smaller countries like India a single
zone was adopted as a standard one and is termed as Indian
Standard Time (1ST).
In India, 82°-30‘ East is adopted as standard longitude. The
standard time is uniform throughout the zone in a bigger country

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