On the day of total solar eclipse why was early sunrise observed in India? I am a middle school teacher from India(UTC+5:30). On August 21, 2017 morning at (17.385044, 78.486671) we observed an unusually early sunrise. It felt like its 7'O clock in the morning at 5:45 AM. And we had an unusually bright day. I'm sure it has to do something with the total solar eclipse but I don't exactly know what it is.

My students are persistently asking me the reason for this early sunrise but I don't have enough knowledge of astronomy to answer them. Can someone kindly answer why we observed this phenomenon?
If your sunrise had been earlier than expected, it would have been the same around the world, and would have been noticed very widely.

Here is a chart showing times of sunrise/set at your location.