https://www.pitara.com/tags/earth-rotation/Recent content in Earth Rotation on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-does-time-start-in-greenwich/Tue, 09 Oct 2001 04:38:38 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-does-time-start-in-greenwich/<p>Its six in the morning and the sun is streaming through the window of your home in Delhi. In New York, people are just packing up to go home as it is six in the evening!</p> <p>Nothing amazing about it. We know that the earth is round and that it revolves once in 24 hours. So while it is daytime in the east, it is still night in the west.</p> <p>But for ages, people measured time based on the position of the sun – it was noon when the sun was highest in the sky.</p>