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In "The Buddhist Monks Precepts" by Bhante Dhammavudho he states that the time after eating food is not allowed is the highest elevation of the sun, in Maysia and Singapure this is about 13:15, has anyone come across a source that calculates this per country?

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dhammarelax wrote:In "The Buddhist Monks Precepts" by Bhante Dhammavudho he states that the time after eating food is not allowed is the highest elevation of the sun, in Maysia and Singapure this is about 13:15, has anyone come across a source that calculates this per country?

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This actually changes depending on the time of year, its not always the same time. Any one specific time chosen is fairly arbitrary.

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The relationship between solar noon and clock time varies up and down by about 15 minutes over a year:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_of_time

Today in Singapore solar noon seems to be at about 12:59.

Use the "More Sun & Moon in Singapore" button on this page:
http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/si ... /singapore

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mikenz66 wrote:The relationship between solar noon and clock time varies up and down by about 15 minutes over a year:
More like 30 minutes.
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Kumara wrote:
mikenz66 wrote:The relationship between solar noon and clock time varies up and down by about 15 minutes over a year:
More like 30 minutes.
Yes, what I was trying to say is that the difference can be up to plus or minus 15 minutes, so, as you say, the variation is about 30 minutes.

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dhammarelax wrote:In "The Buddhist Monks Precepts" by Bhante Dhammavudho he states that the time after eating food is not allowed is the highest elevation of the sun, in Maysia and Singapure this is about 13:15, has anyone come across a source that calculates this per country?
That time is relatively true only for Peninsular Malaysia. In the eastern end of Malaysia, Sabah, the time is around 12 Malaysian time.

I've a HTML with javascript modified from a webpage of United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Surface Radiation Research Branch (SRRB). You might find it useful. By poking around the script you should be able to figure out how to add locations together with their longitude, latitude and time zone.
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