🔭 Allahabad Observatory

Other · Other · 25.15°N, 82.50°E

The Allahabad Observatory, located in Jhusi, a suburb of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India, is the centre responsible for maintaining the Indian Standard Time (IST). 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. UTC+05:30.

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Coordinates (approx.)	25.15°N, 82.50°E · view on map

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