
Halachic Times for Jerusalem Winter (Standard) Time
Correct for TT #492
Ranges are for THU-THU, 15-22 MarCheshvan 5762 (November 1-8, '01)
For sunrise and sunset, first time takes into account the elevation above sea level of Jerusalem, 825m (the times in parentheses do not take elevation into account).
For the deadlines of Shma and Shacharit, the first times are according to the GR"A, the day being reckoned from sunrise to sunset. (The times in parentheses are according to the Magen Avraham, the day being reckoned from dawn to stars-out.)
Candle lighting - 4:13pm (Earliest - 3:45pm)
Havdala - 5:27pm (Rabbeinu Tam - 6:05pm)
Earliest Shacharit 4:51-4:56½am
Sunrise 5:51-5:56½am (5:55½-6:01am)
Sof Z'man Kri'at Sh'ma 8:36-8:39am (7:51-7:54am)
Sof Z'man Shacharit 9:31-9:33am (9:01-9:03am)
Chatzot (halachic noon) 11:22½-11:23am
Mincha Gedola (earliest Mincha) 11:53-11:53am
Plag Mincha 3:54¼ - 3:41pm
Sunset 4:54¼-4:49pm (4:49½-4:44pm)
It's about time...
Take a look at what happens to Halachic noon (CHATZOT) throughout the year. (All times are in Standard time.) If you plot the following times on a graph, you will see the unusual "path" through the year of CHATZOT. November 2 and 3, CHATZOT in Jerusalem is 11:22:28, the earliest CHATZOT ever gets. On October 25th it was at 11:23. The day-by-day change at this time of the year is very slow. It will be back up to 11:23 on November 11. By December 6th it will be at 11:30. December 27 - 11:40. January 19 - 11:50. February 11 and 12 it is at its latest time, 11:53:32. By March 9th it is back to 11:50. April 13 - 11:40. At May 14 and 15 it hits 11:35:36 (not its lowest) and then gets later again. June 17 - 11:40. July 25 and 26 it hits 11:45:25 (not its latest, but it starts getting earlier). August 28th - 12:40. September 27 - 11:30. Back to October 25th at 11:23. Reaching its earliest on November 3rd. That's it. Rather than a high point (latest time) and then down (earlier), down, down to the lowest (earliest) and then back up, it is more complicated.
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