ISKCON Indian temples & eclipse of 11th August

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

>

> This is correct.

 

> 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.

 

>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.

 

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.

 

> 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?

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana Dasa