Rewinding to Friday 15 August 1947…

Friday · New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

The world on 15 August 1947 in New Delhi.

Outside

31°C, drizzle

Moon

new moon

#1 song

Before the charts

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01The weather outside

It was drizzle in New Delhi.

31°C/ 88°F high

Low of 25°C · 1.7 mm of rain · wind up to 14 km/h

The sun rose at 5:50 am and set at 7:00 pm — 13h 11m of daylight.

Reconstructed from the ERA5 climate reanalysis — the closest thing we have to a weather time machine.

02The sky that night

A new moon watched over you.

1% lit · 28.6 days into its cycle

Looking up from New Delhi that evening, you could have spotted Jupiter without a telescope.

It was summer in your half of the world.

03On every radio

Before the charts began.

The weekly singles chart we use begins in August 1958 — your day predates it.

04What a dollar bought

Your first receipt.

GENERAL STORE

PRICES IN THE U.S. · 1947-08-15

ITEM1947TODAYLoaf of white breadper lb≈$0.12$1.83Dozen eggsgrade A large≈$0.15$2.27Gallon of milkwhole≈$0.27$4.11Gallon of gasregular unleaded≈$0.30$4.48Pound of coffeeground roast≈$0.62$9.33Minimum wagefederal, per hour$0.40$7.25Median new homeUS sale price≈$26,197$393,300Postage stampfirst-class letter$0.03$0.78

BREAD COSTS 15× WHAT IT DID

US national averages · ≈ = estimated from inflation

05Your life in numbers

Since that day, you have lived…

0

seconds

and counting, right now

0

heartbeats

at a resting average of 80 a minute

0

breaths

give or take a few yawns

0

sunrises

4,133 weeks of them

0

full moons

have risen since your first night

0.00B

km travelled

79 laps around the Sun

Mark your calendar: you’ll be 30,000 days old on October 3, 2029 — 1,067 days from now.

06Born under

A Friday's child, under Leo.

Star sign

♌ Leo

Fire sign

Chinese zodiac

🐖 Pig

Fire Pig

Birthstone

Peridot

for your month

Birth flower

Gladiolus

for your month

Generation

Baby Boomers

1946–1964

Day of the week

Friday

07 — 11 Still sealed

There’s more to your day.

5 more chapters are waiting, rebuilt from the same archives.

  • Your star

    A real star in Leo, 79.3 light-years away.

  • The world that day

    3 moments in history happened on your exact date.

  • Birthday twins

    12 well-known people share your birthday.

  • If someone had invested

    The stock market has grown about 496× since you arrived.

  • Who ran the country in 1947

    1 leaders were in office the day you arrived.

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