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Time Zones & Sunrise

See where it is day and night, and convert between UTC, local mean time and zone time

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What to try

  • Drag the UTC slider or press Run the day to watch the night side sweep across the map.
  • Pick Delhi and see the gap between local mean time and Indian Standard Time.
  • Set the date to the June solstice and look at the twilight bands near the poles.
  • Switch to Convert it yourself and answer a few UTC and LMT questions.

Exam point

LMT = UTC + longitude x 4 minutes (east plus, west minus). Zone time is a legal time based on a standard meridian, so it is not the same as LMT. India uses UTC+5:30, from the 82.5 degree east meridian.

Study aid only. Figures here are simplified and fictional, so always use current DGCA and ICAO documents and the approved manual for real operations.