The Ayurveda Sundial is a chronograph with either two numeric or two graphically depicted time dials that simultaneously show the solar time (local apparent time) and time zone time (»normal« time). For this, 24- but also 12-hour dials are used. Sun cycles and ayurvedic dosha cycles as well as conventional time can be read within one display.

Using this new relational depiction, an extended type of viewing time has been developed, which may balance some of the deficits of time zone time.


WELCOME TO REALTIME
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The sun influences our internal clock. If I want to stay healthy, I should at least pay attention to it – since our »normal« time can deviate from factual time immensely:

Mornings up to ca. 5 hours; Midday up to ca. 3 hours; Evenings up to ca. 5 hours

In western Europe, deviations in summer could be as follows: Morning: ca. ±0 hours, Midday: ca. 2 hours, Evening: ca. 4 hours. Astonishing – but that's what happens when a rigid system (time zone time) meets a very dynamic (solar time). Considering these values, every time-based therapy, science or lifestyle comes under question.




FEATURES
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• 6 display layouts
• Twilights phases
• GPS tracking
• Position determination over integrated online search
• File system for 4 location settings
• Time zone selection with zone map
• 3 separate alarm sections with snooze option, loop function and volume control
• Sound selection
• And more


REQUIREMENTS
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• iPod Touch (3rd Generation +)
• iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s
• iOS 4 and higher
• GPS recommended (alternative: position input via WLAN or manually)
• Internet connection recommended (alternative: GPS or manually position input)
• A good docking solution for a permanent Ayurveda Sundial (with e.g. an iPod Touch)


LANGUAGES
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German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian.


APPLICATION LIMITATIONS
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The software is not applicable north of the +65th latitude (polar region) or south of the –65th latitude (polar region).
Currently the alarm does not work in Background-Mode (thx apple).


PRECISION
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The sundial has an exponential tolerance of ca. ±0.5 minutes up to ca ± 5 minutes. That means, the closer you get to the polar circle, the greater is the increase of deviation. Inside polar regions calculations are partially not possible. Especially in periods of polar night/day.


PRECISION RELEVANCE
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The aberrations have NO relevance for the practical applicability of the sundial (excepting polar regions), because:
• Time deviations (time zone time vs. solar time) of several hours are normal
• The mathematical horizon seldom correspond to the effective horizon height
• The Ayurveda Sundial can not display tolerances in the scale of such small values