Max Nix.
Even if you slowed the action down over several hours, it would still be pretty abrupt. Everything that was not nailed down would be heading east at 1000 miles an hour.
But that still would not answer the obvious questions.
You had the Egyptians right next door. The sun happens to be a big part of their religious system. How come they didn't notice? How about the Assyrians? They just miss the event?
How come the Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Amerinds and Aborigine don't tell the tale of the day that never happened? Do you seriously think that there would not be hell to pay if the sun did not come up one morning?
Aslan is not a Tame Lion