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Why there is an eastward increase and west-ward decrease in time?

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The earth rotates from west to east. So, the sun rise first in the Eastern longitude. We calculate time by considering the time when sun reaches the highest point in the sky as 12’0 clock. So when we consider Greenwich line as the base line for time, it becomes noon early in the Eastern longitudes. That is why eastern longitudes feel the time is getting increased. But in western longitudes noon will be after the noon in Greenwich.



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