ISKCON Indian temples & eclipse of 11th August

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At 03:35 PM 8/4/99 +0000, you wrote:

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>> >In India I know temples often close during times of the eclipse.

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>> This is correct.

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>> The time of perumbra on either side of coming and going is about four

>> hours in total, although the actual eclipse (full umbra) will only be for

>> two or so minutes in each place it passes through. So for your area you

>> will need to find the time when the perumbra begins, and when it finishes.

>

 

This means approximately two hours each side of the umbra, and the umbra is

approximately two or so minutes.

It would be a good idea to ring your local observatory and get your exact

local timings for when the perumbra - shadow - effects of Rahu begin, and

when they (the eclipse, Rahu, the last bit of the shadow call it what you

will) leaves.

 

>>The umbra arrives in India, the last nation in its path, at 12:28 UT. As

>>the shadow (Rahu) sweeps across the sub-continent, its velocity rapidly

>>increases while the centre line duration drops below one minute and the

>>Sun's altitude decreases to 7°. The eleven million inhabitants of Calcutta

>>will witness a 0.879 magnitude partial eclipse with the Sun a scant 2°

>>above the western horizon. Leaving India just north of Vishakhapatnam at

>>12:36 UT,the shadow sweeps into the Bay of Bengal where it departs Earth

>>and races back into space (12:36 UT), not to return until the next

>>millennium.

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>Is UT the same as GMT? Please verify whether the following calculations are

>right for closing the Indian temples. The umbra arrives in India at 12:28 UT

>i.e 5.58 pm in India if we assume UT=GMT.

>

 

Yes I wrote that there earlier before the introduction to the tour of the

eclipse written in capitals.

 

UT=GMT

 

>> The time of perumbra on either side of coming and going is about four

>> hours in total, although the actual eclipse (full umbra) will only be for

>> two or so minutes in each place it passes through.

>

>Now as per this statement, the Indian temples should stay closed from two

>hours before and two hours after 5.58 pm i.e from 3.58 pm to 7.58 pm on 11th

>August. Please confirm. Is it two hours before & two hours after or four

>hours before & four hours after?

>

 

What you say, if these times are correct appears to be what is required.

So practically closed all afternoon and early evening.

 

>Your servant,

>Nayana-ranjana Dasa

>

 

ys, JTCd

 

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