India's latitude ranges from 8⁰4^' north to 37⁰ 6'  north and its longitude ranges from 68⁰ 7' east to 97⁰ 25' east. As a result, its longitudinal and latitudinal extents are approximately thirty degrees. Away from India's mainland, the Pygmalion Point or Indira Point is located at 6⁰ 45' north latitude in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the country's southernmost point. It stretches 3, 214 kilometres north-south from Indira Col in Kashmir to Kanniyakumari, and 2,933 kilometres east-west from the Rann of Kachachh to Arunachal Pradesh. India's longitudinal extent is around one-twelfth of the Equator's diameter and its latitudinal extent is about one-third of the angular distance between the Equator and the North Pole.

The distance between Saurashtra in the west and Arunachal Pradesh in the east is around 300 kilometres. In 24 hours, the earth rotates 3600 times around its axis. As a result, a variation of 10 longitude corresponds to a time difference of 4 minutes. As a result, the time difference between Lakhpat, Gujarat, and Vijaynagar, Arunachal Pradesh, is 30 x 4 = 120 minutes or 2 hours. Because Arunachal Pradesh is to the east, its sunrise will be two hours earlier than that of Saurastra. As a result, the sun in Arunachal Pradesh is relatively high in the sky, while Saurashtra is still waiting for the first rays of the sun. 

The length of a latitudinal axis has its own impact. Ranifall, temperature, and vegetation all differ depending on latitude. In Kerala, the difference between the longest and shortest day is only 45 minutes, however in Leh and Ladakh, the gap might be as much as four hours. With increasing latitude, the difference between the longest and shortest day grows.