A rare celestial phenomenon known as Zero Shadow Day occurred on Monday in Hyderabad, when there were no shadows for a brief period of time at 12 p.m. The Birla Planetarium coordinated an occasion to exhibit this peculiarity, where they put a plate with letters in order on it, and as the Sun created some distance from its peak, the letter sets started to disappear. On a Zero Shadow day, the shadow of any vertical body is visible below it, which is why this phenomenon occurs.
According to K G Kumar, director of Birla Planetarium, this phenomenon is caused by the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis, which gives the impression that the Sun is moving from the north to the south and vice versa. He asserted that this celestial phenomenon is brought on by the tilted rotational axis of the Earth. The Earth pivots on its own hub as well as around the sun. The twist's pivot is not straight. There is a tilt of 23.5 degrees. The sun appears to move from the north to the south and from the south to the south because of the angle of 23.5 degrees.
"We call it Uttarayana," he continued, "because today we are moving into Uttarayana when the Sun moves from South to North." Dakshinayana is the time when the Sun moves from the North to the South and it returns to the colder solstice. He said that as the Sun goes from the South to the North, it does not always rise precisely from the East. It will slightly increase in the direction of the eastern, northern, or southern side. The sun only rises from the East exactly once a day, today, at precisely 12 p.m., when it is straight overhead.
"The sun is at the peak and when it works out, any upward body which is whatsoever its shadow vanishes. However, the shadow is still below us and has not completely vanished. Therefore, even if you are standing on a transparent glass floor and the sun is directly above you, you will still see your shadow below you. In order to accomplish this, we have a zero shadow day experiment in which, "You can see that the complete alphabets are visible at the moment the sun comes on the top of the plate, and then the alphabet slowly fades away as the sun moves," he added.
Only twice a year is it visible. On account of Hyderabad, we have 2 occasions. The first one took place today, and the next one will take place on August 3. On August 3, the time will be 12:23. According to him, there are only two days of the year when this happens, and Hyderabad experienced one of them on May 9 and the next one will be on August 3. This occurs both when the Sun moves from the North to the South and when it returns from the North to the South.
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