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If you mean, as opposed to the observed 24 hours of day, Earth's real rotation is every 23 hours 56 minutes, approximately; but since during its rotation it moves around the Sun, Earth has to move around a bit more than one full rotation to catch up with the changed position of the Sun, i.e., until the Sun is overhead again in a certain place.

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Q: Why it rotates around its axis in 23 hours 56 minutes 41 seconds?
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