Conversion number between day (sidereal) [d (sidereal)] and Sothic cycle is 1.8701200459979 × 10-6. This means, that day (sidereal) is smaller unit than Sothic cycle.
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| [d (sidereal)] |
Result in Sothic cycle
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| Start value: | [day (sidereal)] |
| Step size | [day (sidereal)] |
| How many lines? | (max 100) |
| day (sidereal) | Sothic cycle |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 1.8701200459979 × 10-5 |
| 20 | 3.7402400919959 × 10-5 |
| 30 | 5.6103601379938 × 10-5 |
| 40 | 7.4804801839917 × 10-5 |
| 50 | 9.3506002299896 × 10-5 |
| 60 | 0.00011220720275988 |
| 70 | 0.00013090840321985 |
| 80 | 0.00014960960367983 |
| 90 | 0.00016831080413981 |
| 100 | 0.00018701200459979 |
| 110 | 0.00020571320505977 |
Definition of day (sidereal) unit: ≈ 23 h, 56 min, 4.0916 sec. A sidereal day is the time needed for the Earth to rotate once around its axis so that the distant stars appear in the same position in the sky. This is ~4 minutes shorter than the solar day.
Definition of Sothic cycle unit: ≡ 1461 a of 365 d. The Sothic cycle or Canicular period is a period of 1,461 Egyptian civil years of 365 days each or 1,460 Julian years (365.25 days each) = 1461×365×86400 [s] = 46.074096 [Gs]
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