Allahabad Observatory Explained

The Allahabad Observatory located in the suburb of Jhusi, just outside Prayagraj is the centre responsible for maintaining the Indian Standard Time.^[1] The observatory is located at 82.5°E longitude, which translates to an exact time difference of 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) i.e. .^[2]

See also

• List of astronomical observatories

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allahabad . Indian Institute of Geomagnetism . 8 February 2021 . 16 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116233318/http://iigm.res.in/content/allahabad . dead .
2. Book: Latief Ahmad, Raihana Habib Kanth, Sabah Parvaze, Syed Sheraz Mahdi . Experimental Agrometeorology: A Practical Manual . Springer . 978-3-319-69184-8 . 11 . Chapter 2 Agro-meteorological Observatory 2.8 Calculation of Local Mean Time. 20 December 2017 .