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Why does the sunrise time at a particular location at a particular date change abruptly over the years?
@Teemu had the right idea: It's time zones. The specified location is in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. Years before the adoption of India Standard Time (UTC+5:30), Kolkata had its own time zone, ...
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