Bombay Time
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Bombay Time was a former local time standard used in the city of Bombay (now Mumbai) before the adoption of a unified national time across India.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bombay local time | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
local mean time
ⓘ
time standard ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Bombay Time
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombay local time
|
| appliesTo |
Mumbai
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Bombay
port of Bombay ⓘ |
| basedOn | local mean time at Bombay ⓘ |
| category |
History of Mumbai
ⓘ
Time in India ⓘ Time zones of Asia ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Calcutta Time
ⓘ
Indian Standard Time ⓘ Madras Time ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | mean solar time at Bombay longitude ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| era | pre-independence India ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | western India ⓘ |
| governedBy | local municipal regulations in Bombay ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | illustrates pre-standardization local times in India ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mumbai
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombay
|
| reasonForAbolition | need for uniform time across India ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
history of timekeeping in India
ⓘ
standardization of time zones in India ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| replacedByPolicy | unified national time across India ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| timeDifferenceWithGreenwichMeanTime | +04:51 ⓘ |
| timeDifferenceWithIndianStandardTime |
39 minutes behind IST
ⓘ
−00:39 ⓘ |
| timeZoneOf |
Mumbai
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombay
Mumbai ⓘ |
| typeOf | pre-standardization time zone ⓘ |
| usedBefore | Indian Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombay municipal authorities
local businesses in Bombay ⓘ residents of Bombay ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil timekeeping in Bombay
ⓘ
railway timetables in Bombay region ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Mumbai
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombay
British India ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ |
| usedIn19thCentury | true ⓘ |
| usedInColonialPeriod | true ⓘ |
| usedInEarly20thCentury | true ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | Bombay Presidency ⓘ |
| UTCOffset |
+04:51
ⓘ
+4 hours 51 minutes ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bombay local time