GMT/Daylight Saving/BST

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Dear Ramapriya and anyone interested,

Just in case I confused anyone with my brief mail on British Summer Time

(BST) I want to try and explain the concept as I know it. As you know the

time is set for the World using GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) which is

represented by the prime meridian which passes through the Greenwich

observatory , just south of London. This meridian is the one designated as

nought (zero) degrees longitude – 0 GMT. Each of the other meridians

represent times east or west of this one. I think this started in the late

19th Century (? about 1885).

In Britain , USA, most places in Europe and many elsewhere (eg Egypt,),

daylight saving is superimposed on GMT. In Britain this is called British

Summer Time (BST). As you also know, the time of sunrise changes throughout

the year due to the tilt of the Earth’s axis. In order to take advantage

of the daylight hours these countries put their clocks forward in April and

return them to GMT time in October. Any birth record during these summer

months will be one hour ahead of GMT so one hour has to be subtracted to

return the birth time to GMT. In astrology software this can be done either

by taking one hour off the recorded birth time or taking one hour off the

GMT designation. In the winter months the recorded birth time is in GMT.

During WW2 in Britain the clocks were one hour ahead in the winter months

and two hours ahead in summer. This was called wartime saving. (There was

little activity after dark because there was a ‘black out’ of lights to

prevent enemy aircraft using them as targets). So for wartime births one

hour has to be subtracted in winter and two hours in summer.

In WW1 and the years between the wars there was daylight saving in some and

not in others. Also the dates of putting the clocks forward and back again

was not consistent. To be sure that birth time is accurate it is necessary

to go through a list of the legislature concerning this. For this reason I

suspect that some of the charts we use today of British born natives are one

hour out.

I hope this may help some list members.

Love,

Gili

 

 

>"Ramapriya D" <hubli

>

><>

>Re: [sJC: Achyuta Gurukul] retro planets/past life - Visti and all

>Wed, 27 Oct 2004 06:30:07 +0400

>

>Gili,

>Just saw your chart, and this intriguing thing about the time zone being +1

>east of GMT but the longitude being 2W! Daylight saving and all that?

>Also try the dwisaptati sama dasa results for a better understanding of thy

>chart

>Cheers,

>Ramapriya

> -

> gilimary alvey

>

> Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:42 PM

> RE: [sJC: Achyuta Gurukul] retro planets/past life - Visti and

>all

>

>

> Dear Visti,

> In my case 5L Mercury is in Lagna Aquarius. Did Saturn cause the delay?

> Jupiter is also aspected by Saturn from 4H.

> Jupiter is lord of 2H (2H is associated with past lives and the

>potential we

> bring from them - yes?and 11H.

> Thanks for helping us undestand all this.

> Love,

> Gili

 

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