Can you predict time accurately by seeing sun?

India
July 6, 2017 5:16am CST
Hi to all Mylot friend's around the world. Yeah...Long long years ago and before clocks were invented,people could tell the time by watching the position of the sun in the sky. They are also experts in predicting time like early morning,mid-day and evening by seeing the sun. But it was not a accurate way of time telling.Also it is very difficult to say exact hours with minutes. Could you predict time accurately by seeing sun?
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@dpk262006 (58673)
• Delhi, India
6 Jul 17
I could predict time without a watch/clock and without seeing sun.
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• India
7 Jul 17
Hmmm...That's really sounds great
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@dpk262006 (58673)
• Delhi, India
7 Jul 17
@manikarnika Cannot you also make such a prediction?
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• India
7 Jul 17
@dpk262006 yeah...l don't know about how to predict time
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@peachpurple (13882)
• Malaysia
6 Jul 17
Yes you can , by hours not minutes or seconds. The sundial is the method
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...you're absolutely right .l have heard about sundial that in ancient days,Mathematicians were invented Shadow Clock called sundial.They have drawn a circle with hours of the day from sunrise to sunset.But l never saw directly.Also Now a days, people using Sundial device...Do you have practical experience on Sundial?
@Shavkat (136866)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
I think I can predict if the weather is not bad.
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@Shavkat (136866)
• Philippines
7 Jul 17
@manikarnika Can you?
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• India
7 Jul 17
@Shavkat Nope...I never checked it
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah... That's really great to hear
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@sabtraversa (12440)
• Italy
6 Jul 17
I would barely know if it's morning or afternoon if I know where the cardinal points are located. Noon is when the sun is at the top. Early morning would be sunrise, the sky tends to be white at the bottom; early evening would be sunset perhaps? The bottom turns red in that case. Sundials need calibration, but they would be more accurate.
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@sabtraversa (12440)
• Italy
7 Jul 17
@manikarnika Nope, only studied it at school.
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...You're absolutely right .Do you have practical experience using sundial?
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@MALUSE (69428)
• Germany
6 Jul 17
Of course, I know that it's morning, noon or evening. But I couldn't be more precise.
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• India
6 Jul 17
Yeah...That's really great
@gilggg (2538)
• Israel
6 Jul 17
You can know the time more exact if you stick a stick in the ground and with his shadow know what time it is...
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...you're absolutely right.In Sundial also they are using stick to get shadow...
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• India
7 Jul 17
@gilggg Now they invented Sundial device...Sundial is also known as Shadow Clock.It looks like as the picture which l attached...Also available in many different forms
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@gilggg (2538)
• Israel
7 Jul 17
@manikarnika Where is it Sundial?
@bunnybon7 (50975)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Jul 17
no but i know this happened
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• India
11 Jul 17
Yeah... you're right .In ancient times this was happened
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@maezee (42003)
• United States
7 Jul 17
I can only tell when its noon and the sun is in the center of the sky!
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...That's nice to hear
@allknowing (130088)
• India
7 Jul 17
Not precisely to the second but I do know when the sun is right at the top it is 12 noon.
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...That's really great
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
7 Jul 17
No I can't predict time seeing the sun, my grandparents used to do that..
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...Our past generation elders are always experts and wise in many aspects
@aishanee (435)
• Cuttack, India
6 Jul 17
yes i have tried this several times.at times ,i deliberately do not look at the wall clock and try to finish things on time and i think I am pretty good at it now.
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...That's really nice to hear.
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@ridingbet (66861)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
by using a sundial, we can know what time it is. or when my shadow falls under where i stand, meaning, i do not see my shadow, it is high noon. well, not seeing the position of the sun, but where our shadow falls, we can see what time it is.
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah... you're absolutely right.
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@Mass_Sonu (1021)
• India
12 Jul 17
@manikarnika I cannot predict that. That'd be all the more difficult in case of a cloudy/rainy day. But, yeah as other users mentioned, a Sundial is most useful.
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• India
12 Jul 17
Yeah...That's really true
@Sweetyt05 (485)
• Ranchi, India
6 Jul 17
I couldn't predict the time accurately
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...me too.But except noon...
@annierose (18926)
• Philippines
6 Jul 17
I think I can but just like them, I cannot tell the exact time. I remember when I was in elementary, I saw an illustration if my Science textbook. It was a sun dial. But I cannot remember exactly the details of the sun dial and how to use them.
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• India
7 Jul 17
Yeah...ok