Guest guest Posted September 23, 2005 Report Share Posted September 23, 2005 Dear Divine sparks of Devi, As you all must be aware the Annular solar eclipse is coming this October first week. Do not miss it. Because one round of mantra means many many rounds of mantra during eclispse time. Do an intense sadhana to remove some peedhas in your life and to burn your bad karmas. Srividya upasakas can make best use of it. The eclipse occurs on October 3rd Madrid, Spain. Date : October 3rd, 2005. First contact 09h40 A.M.( = 07:40 U.T. ) Mid-annularity 10h58 A.M. local daylight time ( = 08:58 U.T.). Sun's elevation 28.5 ° above southeastern horizon. Annularity to last 4 good minutes in Madrid. - NASA Madrid in Spain will get an excellent view of the solar eclipse. (Annular solar eclipse looks something like this.) However pregnant ladies are advised to remain indoors and not even allow sunlight however feeble to enter the rooms lest it affects the foetus. If a child is born during solar eclipse. He is said to have no raasi astrologically but some astrolgers calculate it anyways. However if he/she sets his mind he can become a great Tantric(I mean the child born during solar eclipse). This can be diverted to Srividya Tantra than nefarious Vamachara Tantra(with unscruplulous people)Also such children will be in high demand by Tantrics and so therefore please keep the horoscopes of your children born during solar eclipse secretive. I have moved with some Keralite Tantreeka cults so I know certain things here. Rest is upto your goodselves. The second solar eclipse of 2005 is confined to the Eastern Hemisphere. The track of the annular eclipse crosses the Iberian Peninsula and stretches across the African continent. Europe, Western Asia, the Middle East, India and most of Africa will fall within the Moon's penumbral shadow(Figure 4). The path of the annular eclipse begins in the North Atlantic at 08:41 UT where the Moon's antumbral shadow meets Earth and forms 222 kilometre wide corridor. Rushing southeast, the antumbra quickly reaches the coast of Spain and Portugal (08:51 UT). At this location, the path is 195 kilometres wide and the central duration of the annular phase is 04m 07s. Porto, Portugal lies just outside the southern limit of the central track and will witness a partial eclipse of magnitude 0.943 with the Sun 24° above the horizon. Bisecting the Iberian Peninsula (Figure 5), the antumbra engulfs Madrid (08:56 UT) which lies near the central line. The annular phase will last 04m 11s from this capital city with 90% of the Sun's surface being obscured by the Moon. Along the Spanish Mediterranean coast, the city of Valencia also enjoys 03m 38s annular phase at a solar elevation of 32°. Isla de Ibiza straddles the northern path limit as the shadow crosses the Western Mediterranean. Upon reaching the African continent, Algiers lies within the shadow's trajectory (09:05 UT) and will experience an annularity of 03m 51s with the Sun 36° high. Following a southeastern course, the antumbra passes through southern Tunisia and central Libya where the Moon's umbral shadow will return six months later during the total eclipse of 2006 Mar 29. After briefly skirting through northern Chad, the antumbra sweeps across central Sudan where greatest eclipse occurs at 10:31:42 UT. The annular duration is 4m 31s, the path width is 162 kilometres and the Sun is 71° above the desolate desert landscape. The central track runs along the southern Sudanese-Ethiopian border before entering northern Kenya where it engulfs much of Lake Rudolf (11:10 UT). The central duration here is still 4m 30s. Southernmost Somalia is the antumbra's final landfall (11:30 UT) before heading across the Indian Ocean where the path ends at local sunset (12:22 UT). During its 3 hour 41 minute flight across our planet, the Moon's antumbra travels about 14,100 kilometres and covers 0.57% of the Earth's surface. Partial phases of the eclipse are visible primarily from Europe, Africa and western Asia. Local circumstances for a number of cities are given in Tables 4A-4D. All times are provided in Universal Time. The Sun's altitude and azimuth, the eclipse magnitude and obscuration are all listed for the instant of maximum eclipse. Additional maps, tables, and prediction details are available at NASA's 2005 annular solar eclipse web site: Annular Solar Eclipses for 2005 Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 October 03 Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Sun Ecl. Ecl. Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt Az Mag. Obs. h:m h:m h:m o o CANADA Saint John's, NF - x 09:36r 09:48 0 96 0.172 0.082 CANARY ISLANDS Las Palmas G.Canaria 07:45 08:52 10:06 24 109 0.514 0.400 ICELAND Reykjav’k 08:00 08:59 10:01 7 115 0.497 0.380 Table 4B - Middle East and Asia Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 October 03 Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Sun Ecl. Ecl. Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt Az Mag. Obs. h:m h:m h:m o o IRAN Tehran 09:27 10:28 11:27 41 223 0.219 0.117 IRAQ Baghdad 09:03 10:19 11:32 47 213 0.351 0.232 ISRAEL Tel Aviv-Yafo 08:35 10:02 11:30 53 193 0.536 0.425 JORDAN Amman 08:38 10:05 11:31 53 196 0.516 0.403 KUWAIT Kuwait City 09:18 10:34 11:47 46 225 0.348 0.230 LEBANON Beirut 08:36 10:01 11:25 51 193 0.495 0.380 SAUDI ARABIA Riyadh 09:17 10:42 12:01 49 230 0.434 0.315 SYRIA Damascus 08:38 10:03 11:27 51 196 0.486 0.371 AFGHANISTAN Kabul 10:34 11:03 11:30 24 247 0.056 0.015 BANGLADESH Dacca 11:03 11:41s - x 0 266 0.174 0.083 TURKEY Ankara 08:29 09:47 11:06 46 183 0.450 0.332 Istanbul 08:20 09:39 11:01 45 175 0.496 0.382 Izmir 08:16 09:40 11:06 47 172 0.570 0.463 INDIA Bangalore 10:52 11:55 - s 10 263 0.388 0.268 Bombay 10:42 11:40 12:33 17 259 0.275 0.164 Calcutta 11:02 11:45 - s 1 265 0.194 0.098 Delhi 10:50 11:25 11:58 14 257 0.097 0.035 Hyderabad 10:52 11:48 - s 10 262 0.294 0.180 Madras 10:55 11:56 - s 7 264 0.384 0.265 PAKISTAN Karachi 10:26 11:21 12:10 25 252 0.201 0.104 Table 4C - Europe Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 October 03 Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Sun Ecl. Ecl. Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt Az Mag. Obs. h:m h:m h:m o o AUSTRIA Vienna 08:02 09:17 10:36 34 154 0.552 0.442 BELGIUM Brussels 07:52 09:05 10:23 27 138 0.635 0.536 BULGARIA Sofia 08:09 09:29 10:53 42 164 0.557 0.448 DENMARK Copenhagen 08:06 09:13 10:22 26 150 0.450 0.331 FINALND Helsinki 08:31 09:25 10:20 25 168 0.256 0.147 FRANCE Marseille 07:47 09:07 10:33 33 137 0.798 0.730 Paris 07:48 09:03 10:23 27 135 0.701 0.614 GERMANY Berlin 08:03 09:13 10:27 29 150 0.503 0.388 Frankfurt am Main 07:55 09:09 10:27 29 143 0.604 0.501 Hamburg 08:00 09:10 10:24 27 146 0.518 0.404 Cologne 07:54 09:07 10:25 28 141 0.605 0.502 Mü 07:56 09:12 10:32 32 147 0.613 0.511 GREECE Athens 08:09 09:35 11:04 47 165 0.636 0.539 HUNGARY Budapest 08:05 09:21 10:40 36 158 0.529 0.417 IRELAND Dublin 07:47 08:57 10:12 19 127 0.671 0.578 ITALY Milan 07:52 09:10 10:34 34 143 0.700 0.613 Rome 07:54 09:15 10:43 38 146 0.735 0.655 NETHERLANDS Amsterdam 07:54 09:05 10:22 26 139 0.595 0.490 NORWAY Oslo 08:11 09:12 10:16 22 149 0.387 0.268 POLAND Warsaw 08:13 09:21 10:32 32 161 0.420 0.301 PORTUGAL Lisbon 07:38 08:53 10:17 25 118 0.871 0.818 Porto 07:38 08:53 10:17 24 120 0.943 0.897 ROMANIA Bucharest 08:15 09:32 10:51 41 169 0.485 0.369 RUSSIA Moscow 08:50 09:40 10:29 30 186 0.182 0.090 Gorki 09:08 09:47 10:26 29 195 0.111 0.043 St. Petersburg 08:39 09:30 10:21 26 175 0.210 0.110 SPAIN Barcelona 07:44 09:04 10:31 32 132 0.884 0.834 Madrid 07:40 08:58 10:24 29 125 0.950 0.902 04m11s Valencia 07:42 09:02 10:29 32 128 0.951 0.904 03m38s SWEDEN Stockholm 08:19 09:18 10:20 25 158 0.333 0.215 SWITZERLAND Bern 07:51 09:08 10:30 31 141 0.688 0.599 UNITED KINGDOM Birmingham 07:49 09:00 10:16 22 131 0.654 0.559 Glasgow 07:52 09:00 10:12 19 130 0.594 0.489 London 07:49 09:01 10:18 24 133 0.663 0.569 Manchester 07:50 09:00 10:15 22 131 0.634 0.536 UKRAINE Kiev 08:29 09:34 10:40 35 176 0.330 0.213 Table 4D - Africa Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 October 03 Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun Sun Ecl. Ecl. Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt Az Mag. Obs. h:m h:m h:m o o ALGERIA Algiers 07:45 09:07 10:37 36 131 0.952 0.906 03m51s ANGOLA Luanda 09:51 10:56 12:00 85 0 0.213 0.113 CAMEROON Yaoundé 08:57 10:20 11:46 77 127 0.407 0.288 CHAD Ndjamena 08:32 10:07 11:45 71 146 0.647 0.552 CONGO Brazzaville 09:29 10:49 12:08 90 307 0.347 0.229 EGYPT Cairo 08:28 09:59 11:32 56 187 0.634 0.537 ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa 09:18 11:02 12:38 60 245 0.837 0.780 GHANA Accra 08:55 09:51 10:50 59 107 0.177 0.086 GUINEA Conakry 08:51 09:15 09:40 36 102 0.038 0.009 IVORY COAST Abidjan 09:01 09:43 10:27 53 104 0.097 0.035 KENYA Nairobi 09:39 11:22 12:56 60 264 0.880 0.832 LIBYA Tripoli 07:56 09:24 11:00 47 145 0.920 0.878 MADAGASCAR Antananarivo 10:43 12:07 13:20 37 280 0.595 0.491 MALI Bamako 08:27 09:20 10:18 42 107 0.197 0.101 MOROCCO Casablanca 07:41 08:57 10:21 29 118 0.750 0.673 MOZAMBIQUE Maputo 10:57 11:56 12:52 50 298 0.223 0.120 NIGERIA Lagos 08:48 09:57 11:09 63 112 0.271 0.161 SENEGAL Dakar 08:22 09:02 09:45 28 103 0.125 0.051 SOMALIA Moqadisho 09:50 11:31 13:00 49 261 0.863 0.811 SOUTH AFRICA Durban 11:18 11:58 12:36 49 303 0.098 0.036 Johannesburg 11:02 11:51 12:38 55 304 0.145 0.064 Pretoria 10:59 11:51 12:40 55 304 0.160 0.074 SUDAN Khartoum 08:50 10:33 12:13 66 215 0.847 0.793 UGANDA Kampala 09:27 11:10 12:46 67 259 0.827 0.768 ZAMBIA Lusaka 10:15 11:36 12:52 63 292 0.407 0.288 ZIMBABWAE Harare 10:25 11:44 12:57 58 292 0.401 0.282 All times are Universal Time 'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise 's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset This is the 43rd eclipse of Saros series 134. The series began with the first of ten partial eclipses on 1248 Jun 22. The first eight central eclipses were total, which were then followed by sixteen hybrid events. The first purely annular eclipse occurred on 1861 Jul 08. After the last of thirty annular eclipses (on 2384 May 21), the series will produce seven more partial eclipses before ending on 2510 Aug 06. I have given the Table for various cities and timings of solar eclipses clearly. I have had number of enquries and lot of confusion regarding the timings of the solar eclipse. Hope this suffices with regards to timings. 2005 Oct 17: Partial Lunar Eclipse The last event of the year is a rather shallow partial eclipse of the Moon. The penumbral phase begins at 09:51 UT, but most observers will not be able to visually detect the shadow until about 10:30 UT A timetable for the major phases of the eclipse is as follows: Penumbral Eclipse Begins: 09:51:25 UT Partial Eclipse Begins: 11:33:59 UT Greatest Eclipse: 12:03:18 UT Partial Eclipse Ends: 12:32:26 UT Penumbral Eclipse Ends: 14:15:08 UT In spite of the fact that the eclipse is so shallow (the Moon's southern limb dips just 2.2 arc-minutes into Earth's dark umbral shadow), the partial phase last nearly one hour. This is due to the grazing geometry of the Moon and umbra At the instant of greatest eclipse (12:03 UT), the Moon will stand near the zenith for observers in the central Pacific. At that time, the umbral eclipse magnitude will be only 0.068. North Americans will all see the start of the event, but the Moon sets by mid-eclipse for observers east of the Mississippi River and Great Lakes. Further west, the entire event is visible from the Pacific coast provinces and states as well as eastern Asia and Australia. The above is regarding Partial lunar eclipse. Traditional advice is to be immersed in a river and chanting during an eclipse to mitigate the negative effects, because mantras performed in water have more power. But nowadays some ask, "Isn't this all superstition?" The word eclipse in itself has foreboding indications, coming from the Greek ekleipsis, meaning "failure to appear." A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes exactly in line between the Sun and Earth, obscuring or eclipsing the light of the Sun from an area on the planet. Some Rig Veda hymns refer to eclipses, which figure later prominently in the Mahabharata. Certainly in the absence of knowledge, an eclipse is a terrifying event. One of the earliest recorded eclipses was in 2136 bce. The Chinese Imperial Emperor Chung K'ang was horrified to see the Sun disappear. His two court astrologers, Hsi and Ho, failed to predict it, so the necessary countermeasures to make the Sun return--e.g., shooting arrows at the sky, beating drums and shouting--were not performed. Yet, the sun returned quite on its own, casting royal doubt upon the usefulness of Hsi and Ho. Both were summarily executed by the Imperial army. To this day, in many areas loud noises are made to chase the moon away during an eclipse. Eclipses have a known correlation with an increase in earthquakes. Researchers speculate that the stronger gravitational force generated by the combined tidal force of the Sun and Moon pulling along the same axis disturbs the crust of the Earth and sets the stage for earthquakes to occur immediately or shortly thereafter. Recent examples are the 6.4 quake which took place near Mumbai on September 29, 1993, the day of a lunar eclipse, and the devastating 8.6 quake in Kobe, Japan, on January 20, 1995, again the day after an eclipse. From the astrological point of view, the eclipse affects everyone on the planet, not just those in its visible path. The Hindu astrological treatise Brihat Samhita is replete with gloomy descriptions of what to expect from eclipses, depending on the particular part of the sky they appear in. It does offer some hope, though, for, "If within seven days there should be a clear shower, there will be prosperity and peace in the land, and anything untoward due to the eclipse will be warded off completely." On a personal level, astrologers see the zodiac sign in which the eclipse occurs as an area of emphasis or possible crisis in the affairs related to that house in an individual's horoscope. Astrologer Chakrapani Ullal explains it as "an obstruction of the life forces" of those energies governed by that house, an impact which can be compounded by other aspects of the person's astrology. For example, the February 26th eclipse is occurring in Aquarius, so if Aquarius falls in the second house of your horoscope, it could cause disruption in your financial affairs. Or, if Aquarius lies in your seventh house, relationships or marriage could be debilitated. Brihat Samhita asserts expiatory ceremonies can ward off potential calamities that would otherwise befall the person or his family. Many astrologers believe eclipses have a delayed impact, which is later triggered by the movements of the planets. B.V. Raman advises avoiding important events, especially marriages, during certain days in the six months following an eclipse. Those days are when the moon is in the same nakshatra (constellation--satabhisha) as during the eclipse. So, should you book a rock in the nearest river, instead of a suite on a cruise ship? Not because you're superstitious, of course, but because you don't believe in taking chances. It's up to you. Many who have experienced a total eclipse of the Sun can attest to the very real impact it has upon the conscious mind, which seems to become temporarily unhinged. Astrologically, the impact depends upon your own chart. Remedies are possible, especially through intense sadhana, spiritual effort, but few people these days have the time or will to really employ them. At least we can rest assured the Sun will return on schedule--our astronomers not wanting to risk the fate of Hsi and Ho in ancient China. One who drinks water early in the morning everyday after doing jap of the eight lettered mantra. “aum namo Nãrãyanãya”, 25 times, gets delivered from all sins, attains enlightenment and becomes free from all diseases. A deserving sadhaka should do eight thousand jap of the above mantra touching ‘Brahmi Ghrita’ while observing a fast during a lunar or solar eclipse. The Brahmighrita is to be consumed after the eclipse is over. This bestows the aspirant with enhanced power of concentration, ability to compose poems and ‘vaak siddhi’. Brahmi ghrita can be got in Kottakal or Impcops shop in India. Rules to be observed during an eclipse These have been picked from shastras and those who are inclined to believe in these may believe it.Some seem frightening but they frighten people so that they do not do mistakes not that it will actually happen. A person who consumes food during eclipse goes to ‘Aruntud Naraka’ and is doomed to remain there for as many years as the number of food grains he has consumed during the eclipse. He suffers from stomach ailments in his next birth and is afflicted with a tumour in the body, loses one of his eyes and then all his teeth as well. (Devi Bhagwata : 9:35. 11-13) One who consumes food earned by others during a lunar or solar eclipse loses all the virtues accumulated over a period of twelve years. (Skanda Purana, Prabhasa Khanda: 207. 11-13) One who digs the ground during an earthquake or an eclipse earns sins that entitle him to crippled body in his next birth. (Devi Bhagwata: 9.10.28) WHEN THE gods and the demons churned the milky ocean in days of yore, nectar came out of it. Lord Vishnu assumed the form of Mohini, a charming lady, deluded the demons and distributed the nectar only among the gods. But Rahu had disguised himself as a god. The sun and the moon pointed this out to Mohini who immediately slashed off the demon’s head. Since the nectar had by then already reached up to the neck, he did not die. Thus the head came to be known as Rahu and the body as Ketu. To avenge this betrayal, Rahu and Ketu periodically eclipse the sun and the moon. Astronomically speaking, when the sun, the moon and the earth are all in line, with the moon or the earth at the centre, a solar or lunar eclipse takes place respectively. At the time of the eclipse, people bathe in the sacred rivers. They do charitable acts. They give cows, money and gold. The day after the eclipse they feed the poor, the Brahmins and the Sadhus. After the eclipse they clean their houses, vessels, etc., and take a bath before they start cooking. One should not take food during the eclipse. When the eclipse begins the food should by then have been digested. One should take food only after seeing the sun or the moon free from the eclipse. When the clear sun or the moon is not seen before sunset or sunrise, in the case of the solar and lunar eclipse respectively, food can be taken only after the sun or the moon is seen the next day. Pregnant women should not see the sun or the moon during the time of the eclipse. If they do the child born may have some kind of defect. He may be born deaf, dumb or blind. Householders are forbidden from sexual intercourse on the day of the eclipse, for the same reason. At this time one should take great care in avoiding bleeding, scorpion stings, etc. These have disastrous results. Even an earthworm has a poisonous effect when it bites one during an eclipse. Those who do Japa at the time of the eclipse derive great benefits. The effect of Japa and Sankirtan during the eclipse contributes towards relieving the suffering of humanity and also of the planets. These people receive the blessings of the gods. They attain perfection quickly. Those who wish to tap the subtle force locked in the Mantra that will cure scorpion stings should stand in water and repeat the appropriate Mantra. The little intellect cannot understand many things in this universe. Hence, have faith in the words of sages. Ignorance has eclipsed Self-knowledge. However, this eclipse will disappear. You will shine in your own glory. This is the spiritual significance of the eclipse. On the day of the eclipse, what is known as Tabij, can be made from Bhoja Patra. Upon it words are written using as ink, Ashta-gandha or Kesar or Kasturi. After folding, it is tied with cotton thread. Using diya and dhoop for puja the Tabij is powered (made potent) with Mantras. Tabij that is prepared during the actual time of eclipse is most powerful and potent. Many types of Tabij are used, for business or profession, health, wealth- prosperity, success in exams, jobs, marriage, romance, successful outcome of court cases, revenge, etc. Wrap the Tabij with a red cloth or place in a copper container and keep for two-three years. Detailed information can be had from learned pundits. IMPORTANT WARNING: Permanent eye damage can result from staring or even looking at the disk of the Sun directly, or through a camera viewfinder, or with binoculars or a telescope even when only a thin crescent of the Sun remains. The 1 percent of the Sun's surface still visible is about 10,000 times brighter than the full moon. Staring at the Sun under such circumstances have the same effect on the retina of your eyes than a magnifying glass to focus sunlight onto paper, and eventually burning a hole in it! The retina is delicate and irreplaceable. There is little or nothing a retinal surgeon will be able to do to help you. Never look at the Sun outside of the total phase of an eclipse unless you have adequate protection. Remember, your eyes can be damaged without you feeling any pain. Yours yogically, Shreeram Balijepalli Purity, Powers, Parabrahmam... Click to join Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 27, 2005 Report Share Posted September 27, 2005 Dear Nariji, The eclipse will,not be that prominent in Chile but still you can do some sadhana. Please check with NASA website for corrcet timings or your local weather department website for correct local timings. Yours yogically, Shreeram Rajarajeshwari_Kalpataru , nari khemlani <narikhemlani> wrote: > > pleaSWE TELL ME IF ECLIPSE WILL BE IN CHILE .PLEASE > FORGIVE ME FOR THE TROUBLE.THANKS > > NARI > > > > > --- usha <pracritlotus@g...> wrote: > > > Dear ShriramJi.. > > Could you please tell me what japa has to be done > > during eclipse.. Iam > > pregnant..and I will take all the precautions > > mentioned in your mail for > > pregnant ladies.. but what kind of prayers and > > meditation can I do...and the > > foods..I have to take food at regular intervals > > during pregnancy..what can I > > do in this regard.. > > Thank you very much.. > > I've always enjoyed reading your very informative > > mails..and very happy to > > be part of this group > > with regards > > usha > > On 9/23/05, Group Owner <para_anuloma> > > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Divine sparks of Devi, > > > As you all must be aware the Annular solar > > eclipse is coming this October > > > first week. Do not miss it. Because one round of > > mantra means many many > > > rounds of mantra during eclispse time. Do an > > intense sadhana to remove some > > > peedhas in your life and to burn your bad karmas. > > > Srividya upasakas can make best use of it. > > > The eclipse occurs on October 3rd > > > > > > *Madrid, Spain*. Date : *October 3rd, 2005. *First > > contact 09h40 A.M.( = > > > 07:40 U.T. ) Mid-annularity *10h58 A.M. * local > > daylight time ( = 08:58 > > > U.T.). Sun's elevation *28.5 °* above southeastern > > horizon. Annularity to > > > last 4 good minutes in Madrid. - > > > NASA<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/ASE2005/ASE2005.htm l> > > > > > > Madrid in Spain will get an excellent view > > of the solar eclipse. > > > > > > (Annular solar eclipse looks something like > > this.) > > > > > > However pregnant ladies are advised to remain > > indoors and not even allow > > > sunlight however feeble to enter the rooms lest it > > affects the foetus. If a > > > child is born during solar eclipse. He is said to > > have no raasi > > > astrologically but some astrolgers calculate it > > anyways. However if he/she > > > sets his mind he can become a great Tantric(I mean > > the child born during > > > solar eclipse). This can be diverted to Srividya > > Tantra than nefarious > > > Vamachara Tantra(with unscruplulous people)Also > > such children will be in > > > high demand by Tantrics and so therefore please > > keep the horoscopes of your > > > children born during solar eclipse secretive. I > > have moved with some > > > Keralite Tantreeka cults so I know certain things > > here. Rest is upto your > > > goodselves. > > > > > > The second solar eclipse of 2005 is confined to > > the Eastern Hemisphere. > > > The track of the annular eclipse crosses the > > Iberian Peninsula and stretches > > > across the African continent. Europe, Western > > Asia, the Middle East, India > > > and most of Africa will fall within the Moon's > > penumbral shadow(Figure > > > 4<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/image1/Fig04- ASE2005.GIF> > > > ). > > > > > > The path of the annular eclipse begins in the > > North Atlantic at 08:41 UT > > > where the Moon's antumbral shadow meets Earth and > > forms 222 kilometre wide > > > corridor. Rushing southeast, the antumbra quickly > > reaches the coast of Spain > > > and Portugal (08:51 UT). At this location, the > > path is 195 kilometres wide > > > and the central duration of the annular phase is > > 04m 07s. Porto, Portugal > > > lies just outside the southern limit of the > > central track and will witness a > > > partial eclipse of magnitude 0.943 with the Sun > > 24° above the horizon. > > > Bisecting the Iberian Peninsula (Figure > > > 5<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/image1/Fig05- ASE2005.GIF>), > > > the antumbra engulfs Madrid (08:56 UT) which lies > > near the central line. The > > > annular phase will last 04m 11s from this capital > > city with 90% of the Sun's > > > surface being obscured by the Moon. Along the > > Spanish Mediterranean coast, > > > the city of Valencia also enjoys 03m 38s annular > > phase at a solar elevation > > > of 32°. > > > > > > Isla de Ibiza straddles the northern path limit as > > the shadow crosses the > > > Western Mediterranean. Upon reaching the African > > continent, Algiers lies > > > within the shadow's trajectory (09:05 UT) and will > > experience an annularity > > > of 03m 51s with the Sun 36° high. Following a > > southeastern course, the > > > antumbra passes through southern Tunisia and > > central Libya where the Moon's > > > umbral shadow will return six months later during > > the total eclipse of 2006 > > > Mar 29. After briefly skirting through northern > > Chad, the antumbra sweeps > > > across central Sudan where greatest eclipse occurs > > at 10:31:42 UT. The > > > annular duration is 4m 31s, the path width is 162 > > kilometres and the Sun is > > > 71° above the desolate desert landscape. > > > > > > The central track runs along the southern > > Sudanese-Ethiopian border before > > > entering northern Kenya where it engulfs much of > > Lake Rudolf (11:10 UT). The > > > central duration here is still 4m 30s. > > Southernmost Somalia is the > > > antumbra's final landfall (11:30 UT) before > > heading across the Indian Ocean > > > where the path ends at local sunset (12:22 UT). > > During its 3 hour 41 minute > > > flight across our planet, the Moon's antumbra > > travels about 14,100 > > > kilometres and covers 0.57% of the Earth's > > surface. Partial phases of the > > > eclipse are visible primarily from Europe, Africa > > and western Asia. Local > > > circumstances for a number of cities are given in > > Tables > > > 4A-4D<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/LC/LC2005- 4.html#2005Oct03A>. > > > All times are provided in Universal Time. The > > Sun's altitude and azimuth, > > > the eclipse magnitude and obscuration are all > > listed for the instant of > > > maximum eclipse. Additional maps, tables, and > > prediction details are > > > available at NASA's 2005 annular solar eclipse web > > site: Annular Solar > > > Eclipses for > > > 2005<http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/SEmono/ASE2005/ASE2005.htm l> > > > > > > *Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of > > 2005 October 03* > > > > > > Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun > > Sun Ecl. Ecl. > > > Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt > > Az Mag. Obs. > > > h:m h:m h:m o > > o*CANADA* > > > Saint John's, NF - x 09:36r 09:48 0 > > 96 0.172 0.082 *CANARY ISLANDS* > > > Las Palmas G.Canaria 07:45 08:52 10:06 24 > > 109 0.514 0.400 *ICELAND* > > > Reykjav'k 08:00 08:59 10:01 7 > > 115 0.497 0.380 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Table 4B - Middle East and Asia > > > > > > *Local Circumstances for Annular Solar Eclipse of > > 2005 October 03* > > > > > > Geographic Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun > > Sun Ecl. Ecl. > > > Location Begins Eclipse Ends Alt > > Az Mag. Obs. > > > h:m h:m h:m o > > o*IRAN* > > > Tehran 09:27 10:28 11:27 41 > > 223 0.219 0.117 *IRAQ* > > > Baghdad 09:03 10:19 11:32 47 > > 213 0.351 0.232 *ISRAEL* > > > Tel Aviv-Yafo 08:35 10:02 11:30 53 > > 193 0.536 0.425 *JORDAN* > > > Amman 08:38 10:05 11:31 53 > > 196 0.516 0.403 *KUWAIT* > > > Kuwait City 09:18 10:34 11:47 46 > > 225 0.348 0.230 *LEBANON* > > > Beirut 08:36 10:01 11:25 51 > > 193 0.495 0.380 *SAUDI ARABIA* > > > Riyadh 09:17 10:42 12:01 49 > > 230 0.434 0.315 *SYRIA* > > > Damascus 08:38 10:03 11:27 51 > > 196 0.486 0.371 > > > *AFGHANISTAN* > > > Kabul 10:34 11:03 11:30 24 > > 247 0.056 0.015 *BANGLADESH* > > > === message truncated === > > > > > ________ > India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://.shaadi.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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