Convert the given Gregorian date/time to Julian Days.

Date : August 15, 2006
Time : 7 : 34 P.M. Central Standard Time

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Calculate the coefficients a, m and y.

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Put them into the formula for Gregorian Dates

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The Julian Day is 2453950. To this, we need to add the time. In order to do this, we need to convert CST to UTC first. 7:34 PM CST is 19:34 CST, which is 25:34 UTC (add 6 hours for UTC). This is more than 24 hours, so we can call this a day plus 1:34 hours. Converting 1 hour and 34 minutes into days, we get:

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Therefore the Julian Day is 2453951.0652778

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