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The Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department of the Government of Dubai has called on all residents of Burj Khalifa and other tall towers to mind the time difference depending on the floor they are living on.
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It has become a popular fact in recent years that residents at Dubai's skyscrapers have to fast slightly longer than others, up to 6 minutes more before breaking their fast.
The department issued a circular saying that residents who stay between 60th and 120th floor will fast for four minutes more than others in Dubai.
The time difference at such heights will result in dawn prayers being held 2 minutes earlier than the rest of Dubai, and will delay sunset and evening prayers by another 2 minutes.
The 'anomaly' is so famous that renowned astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, even tweeted about it on on Sunday as the first day of Ramadan was announced around the world:
During Ramadan, daytime fasting for Muslims ends at sunset. But for Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, the Sun sets four minutes later at the top than at the bottom. High-floor dwellers see beyond the ground-level horizon, farther along Earth's curvature. pic.twitter.com/nQFjtNObJEMoreover, the department added that people who live on 121st floor and higher, will have to fast 6 minutes more, as the dawn prayer will be 3 minutes earlier, and sunset and evening prayers will be 3 minutes later than normal timings on the ground below.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) May 4, 2019
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