VIII SEMESTER B.ARCH.

AR 424 ENERGY CONSCIOUS ARCHITECTURE_2020

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE DEENBANDHU CHHOTURAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
MURTHAL

TUTORIAL 05: DETERMINE SUN ANGLES FROM A GIVEN SUN PATH DIAGRAM
INTENT: This exercise is intended to enable you to read sun path diagram (stereographic projection).

Sun Sun 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Sun

Angles Rise set 18
6
Summer Azimut 66.9 69.98 71.85 72.38 70.48 61.46 12.98 -55.76 -69.23 -72.20 -72.14 - -67.86
Solstice h 7 0 70.57
21 June Altitude 4.57 17.89 31.53 45.28 58.99 72.27 82.04 75.47 62.50 48.84 35.08 21.40 7.96
0
Winter Azimut 112.5 116.54 122.2 130.2 141.8 158.2 179.00 50.97 - 48.55 41.59 31.72 20.17
Solstice h 0 3 1 1 159.97
21 Dec Altitude -6.70 6.53 19.05 30.72 40.79 48.08 50.97 48.55 41.59 31.72 20.17 7.70 -5.47
Spring/ Azimut 89.2 93.3 97.83 103.6 112.49 129.5 168.49 - -118.10 - - -95.11 -90.92
Vernal h 2 3 0 142.16 106.81 100.04
Equinox Altitude -2.94 11.47 25.60 39.98 53.73 66.20 74.022 70.44 59.21 45.33 31.78 17.49 3.24
20Marc
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Autumn/ Azimut 89.9 94.09 98.82 105.11 115.24 136.11 - - -114.00 - -98.33 - -89.59
Fall h 7 177.36 133.30 104.41 93.69
Equinox Altitude 1.13 15.23 29.55 43.68 57.26 69.14 74.62 68.18 56.03 42.37 28.22 13.89 -0.07
22 Sept