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A Bhakthar had asked a question on

the coming Soorya GrahaNam and the timing

of the TharpaNam . This information might be

of interest to the memebrs of the MalOlan net

as well. Hence I am copying my response on the Bhakthi List .

V.Sadagopan

 

The question :

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>>Dear Sriman Sadagopan,

>>

>>I posted the following note on the Bhakti list. No response.

>>Any thoughts on this?

>>

>>As many of you may know, Solar eclipse will be seen in

>>India on the coming Aug 11 (next Wednesday). Also AmmavAsya

>>happens to coincide with that day. However both the SriRanga VAkya

>>PanchAngam

>>and the Sri Nrisimha Priya magazine say that the AmmAvAsya tharpanam has

>>to be done only on the following day (Thursday) due to the presence of solar

>>eclipse on Wednesday.

>>

>>AdiyEn's question is that if we are not going to be seeing solar eclipse

>>here in the USA, can we perform the AmmAvAsya tharpanam on Aug 11,

>>Wednesday?

>>

>>AdiyEn

>>Lakshmi Narasimhan

 

My response :

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>Dear Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan :

>

>Thanks very much for your question .

>I thought some one might answer and hence

>I did not .Here is my response based on

>our sampradhAya anushtAnams.

>

>AmAvasyA TharpaNam should be done on Aug 11

>instead of Aug 12 for the residents of America .

>The reason is that Surya grahaNam ( Total Solar

>Eclipse )of Aug 11 is only visible in Great Britain , Europe

>and selected parts of Asia including India .

 

>There is no Surya GrahaNam to be seen in Americas .

>Hence there is no GrahaNa tharpaNam on Aug 11 either ,

>which is the AmAvAsya Day ( Aayila Nakshathram ).

>

>Aug 11 ,99 solar eclipse is a wonderful and rare event ,

>one in the Triple Saros series of Eclipses and is therefore of

>great interst to astronomers tracking them in the above

>countries .The narrow track of the total solar eclipse of Aug 11,99

>has a path width of 115 KM at maximum and the longest period

>of GrahaNam is at Bucharest , Rumania ( total eclipse lasting

>2 minutes and 23 seconds ). If our travel takes us to UK ,

>France , Germany , Austria , Hungary , Rumania , Turkey , Iraq ,

>Iran ,Pakistan and India ( Central and South ), then the issues of

>Aug 11 TharpaNam for grahaNam and Aug 12 TharpaNam for

>AmAvasyaa arise.

>

>The path of this total eclipse starts at 9.30 AM Universal

>Time (GMT)in the North Atlantic , south of Novoscotia at

>Sunrise. It does not touch in North America and travels on

>a western path and hits Cornwall, UK (Land's end) at 10.10 AM (GMT)

>and lasts there for 2 minutes.Partial eclipses (Paarsava

GrahaNams)are seen outside the narrow path of the total eclipse .

>

>In India , the eclipse ends with Sunset at the Bay of Bengal

>on Aug 11 at 7.04 PM .

>

>The Grastham (the beginning 0f the GrahNam ) ,

>the darkening ( KrishNa VarNam) and the release

>(clearing ) at some south Indian Cities are :

>

>Chennai : 5.12 PM 6.11 PM 7.04 PM

>AarkAD : 5.13 PM 6.13 PM 7.05 PM

>Madhurai: 5.16 PM 6.14 PM 7.06 PM

>Selam : 5.13 PM 6.12 PM 7.06 PM

>Thirucchi:5.14 PM 6.13 PM 7.06 PM

>

>At India , observers are not supposed to consume food after 9AM

>and wait until 7.06 PM or Sunset to eat again .SandhyOpasanams

>proceed at the appointed tiomes ,as usual .

>

>The GrahaNa TharpaNam is called SuryOparAga PuNya Kaala

>SrArdha Prathinithi Thila TharpaNam . This is for S.India on Aug 11.

>Since we are not affected in this continent , we will not

>go into the times for performing this TharpaNam on Aug 11

>in India .

>

>Hope this helps ,

>V.Sadagopan

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