There are astronomy programs like Stellarium and
smartphone apps that give the azimuth of the sun
at a given time. That and a protractor will give
you true north.



> I would also love to see sundials in schools. Not just an analemmatic
> dials
> but the multi dial as well.
>
> This is why I am trying to find an easy way to find north.
>
>  I would like to be able to use a horizontal dial and rotate it until it
> reads the true time. Obviously this won't work with a standard horizontal
> dial because we are not all on the same longitude. The other reason is the
> equation of time.
>
>  However, I believe it would work if there was a website that calculate
> setting your watch to LAT instead of LMT. This website would have to take
> in account the longitude as well as the day of the year it is. You then
> rotate the sundial until it is the correct time on your watch.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Donald Christensen
> 0423 102 090
> www.sundialsforlearning.com
>

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