KosherJava
diff --git a/‎src/main/java/com/kosherjava/zmanim/AstronomicalCalendar.java‎
Lines changed: 27 additions & 2 deletions b/‎src/main/java/com/kosherjava/zmanim/AstronomicalCalendar.java‎
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@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ public class AstronomicalCalendar implements Cloneable {
 	public static final double ASTRONOMICAL_ZENITH = 108;
 
 	/** constant for milliseconds in a minute (60,000) */
-	static final long MINUTE_MILLIS = 60 * 1000;
+	public static final long MINUTE_MILLIS = 60 * 1000;
 
 	/** constant for milliseconds in an hour (3,600,000) */
-	static final long HOUR_MILLIS = MINUTE_MILLIS * 60;
+	public static final long HOUR_MILLIS = MINUTE_MILLIS * 60;
 
 	/**
 	 * The Java Calendar encapsulated by this class to track the current date used by the class
@@ -638,6 +638,31 @@ public double getSunsetSolarDipFromOffset(double minutes) {
 		return degrees.doubleValue();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A method that returns <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_mean_time">local mean time (LMT)</a> time
+	 * converted to regular clock time for the number of hours (0.0 to 23.999...) passed to this method. This time is
+	 * adjusted from standard time to account for the local latitude. The 360&deg; of the globe divided by 24 calculates
+	 * to 15&deg; per hour with 4 minutes per degree, so at a longitude of 0 , 15, 30 etc... noon is at exactly 12:00pm.
+	 * Lakewood, N.J., with a longitude of -74.222, is 0.7906 away from the closest multiple of 15 at -75&deg;. This is
+	 * multiplied by 4 clock minutes (per degree) to yield 3 minutes and 7 seconds for a noon time of 11:56:53am. This
+	 * method is not tied to the theoretical 15&deg; time zones, but will adjust to the actual time zone and <a href=
+	 * "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time">Daylight saving time</a> to return LMT.
+	 * 
+	 * @param hours
+	 * 			the hour (such as 12.0 for noon and 0.0 for midnight) to calculate as LMT. Valid values are in the range of
+	 * 			0.0 to 23.999.... An IllegalArgumentException will be thrown if the value does not fit in the expected range.
+	 * @return the Date representing the local mean time (LMT) for the number of hours passed in. In Lakewood, NJ, passing 12
+	 *         (noon) will return 11:56:50am.
+	 * @see GeoLocation#getLocalMeanTimeOffset()
+	 */
+	public Date getLocalMeanTime(double hours) {
+		if(hours < 0 || hours >= 24) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Hours must between 0 and 23.9999...");
+		}
+		return getTimeOffset(getDateFromTime(hours - getGeoLocation().getTimeZone().getRawOffset()
+				/ (double) HOUR_MILLIS, true), -getGeoLocation().getLocalMeanTimeOffset());
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Adjusts the <code>Calendar</code> to deal with edge cases where the location crosses the antimeridian.
 	 *