Guest guest Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Dear BhakthAs: For your Information . Courtesy : Dr. Ramanuja . V.S - " M.N.Ramanuja " <mnr <Oppiliappan > Friday, October 07, 2005 5:31 AM Re: Lunar eclipse on October 17th 2005 > > > > 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. > > d h m > Moon enters penumbra October 17 9 51.4 > Moon enters umbra 17 11 34.0 UT 0634 EST 1704 IST > Middle of eclipse 17 12 03.3 UT 0703 EST 1733 IST > Moon leaves umbra 17 12 32.5 UT 0733 EST 1803 IST > Moon leaves penumbra 17 14 15.1 > > In India as per above schedule, lunar eclipse starts at 1704 IST and ends > at 1803 IST. > In Chennai, the moon rise is at 1744 IST. Hence it is already eclipsed. So > there is 19 minutes of eclipse seeable in Chennai. So Chennai residents > have to do filial rites in 19 minutes. > > In Bangalore, moon rise is at 1755 IST. So there is only 8 minutes of > eclipse duration visible. Since this interval is insufficient, Bangalore > residents are exempted from doing Tarpana. > > In Mysore moonrise is at 1759 IST and so just four minutes of eclipse is > visible. So Mysore residents also spared from Tarpana. > I presume that I have given the right times of EST in NEWYORK. I think > there will be grastAsta by 0703 EST by which time you have to finish > Tarpana if any. US Westcoast and East Asia residents may see the entire > eclipse. > > If any error is there anybody please correct me. > > Adiyen > Ramanuja > > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, honganour krishna wrote: > > > > >> Dear Mama, >> >> I live in Queens, New York. Please give me the timings of Lunar eclipse >> on Oct 17th 2005. >> Thanks, >> Adiyen Krishna Ramanuja Dasan >> >> rajan s <rajan_ramaswamy wrote: >> Dear Ramanujan Swami >> >> I have read that Tarpana is required in case of Rahu grastha grahanam and >> not on Kethu grastha grahanam. >> >> Even in the sankalpam for grahana tarpanam, the word used is ' >> Suryoparaha punya kalam 'and Chandroparaha punya kalam'. Uparaha denotes' >> with Rahu'. >> >> Adiyen >> Ramanuja dasan >> Soundararajan >> >> " M.N.Ramanuja " <mnr wrote: >> >> Partial solar eclipse in bangalore is from 4.28 pm to 6.48 pm but sun >> sets >> by 6.05 pm. Tarpana must be done between 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm approx. >> >> As per our information, in India we have grastasta solar eclipse that is >> the sun sets before before release and so we cannot have a glimpse of a >> eclipse-free sun before setting. As we have to stop eating before atleast >> six to seven hours before eclipse Almanac says no food in the morning. >> And >> as we cannot see the clear Sun free of eclipse before setting we are >> prohibited eating even in the night today, 3rd Monday. Only after seeing >> clear Sun Tuesday morning we can have food. This restriction is for able >> people. As for infirm and weak, they allow lite foods and liquids as per >> sastras. Adherence is left to the will of the devotees. >> >> Dasan ramanuja >> >> >> On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, sgopan wrote: >> >> > Dear Devotee : >> > The local news paper will be your best bet since I do not know where >> > you live . Please also refer to the http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data >> > for computation of the duration of the eclipse from the Eclipse >> > calculator provided for your location. >> > >> > One should stop eating once the GrahaNam starts . Cover >> > the foods ( in India with darbham ) and eat after the grahaNam is over >> > . >> > >> > V.S >> > >> > P.S : I request others to comment as appropriate with additional >> > information >> > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Dear Sri Ramanuja: Many thanks for the precise information . V.Sadagopan - " M.N.Ramanuja " <mnr <Oppiliappan > Friday, October 07, 2005 5:31 AM Re: Lunar eclipse on October 17th 2005 > > > > 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. > > d h m > Moon enters penumbra October 17 9 51.4 > Moon enters umbra 17 11 34.0 UT 0634 EST 1704 IST > Middle of eclipse 17 12 03.3 UT 0703 EST 1733 IST > Moon leaves umbra 17 12 32.5 UT 0733 EST 1803 IST > Moon leaves penumbra 17 14 15.1 > > In India as per above schedule, lunar eclipse starts at 1704 IST and ends > at 1803 IST. > In Chennai, the moon rise is at 1744 IST. Hence it is already eclipsed. So > there is 19 minutes of eclipse seeable in Chennai. So Chennai residents > have to do filial rites in 19 minutes. > > In Bangalore, moon rise is at 1755 IST. So there is only 8 minutes of > eclipse duration visible. Since this interval is insufficient, Bangalore > residents are exempted from doing Tarpana. > > In Mysore moonrise is at 1759 IST and so just four minutes of eclipse is > visible. So Mysore residents also spared from Tarpana. > I presume that I have given the right times of EST in NEWYORK. I think > there will be grastAsta by 0703 EST by which time you have to finish > Tarpana if any. US Westcoast and East Asia residents may see the entire > eclipse. > > If any error is there anybody please correct me. > > Adiyen > Ramanuja > > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, honganour krishna wrote: > > > > >> Dear Mama, >> >> I live in Queens, New York. Please give me the timings of Lunar eclipse >> on Oct 17th 2005. >> Thanks, >> Adiyen Krishna Ramanuja Dasan >> >> rajan s <rajan_ramaswamy wrote: >> Dear Ramanujan Swami >> >> I have read that Tarpana is required in case of Rahu grastha grahanam and >> not on Kethu grastha grahanam. >> >> Even in the sankalpam for grahana tarpanam, the word used is ' >> Suryoparaha punya kalam 'and Chandroparaha punya kalam'. Uparaha denotes' >> with Rahu'. >> >> Adiyen >> Ramanuja dasan >> Soundararajan >> >> " M.N.Ramanuja " <mnr wrote: >> >> Partial solar eclipse in bangalore is from 4.28 pm to 6.48 pm but sun >> sets >> by 6.05 pm. Tarpana must be done between 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm approx. >> >> As per our information, in India we have grastasta solar eclipse that is >> the sun sets before before release and so we cannot have a glimpse of a >> eclipse-free sun before setting. As we have to stop eating before atleast >> six to seven hours before eclipse Almanac says no food in the morning. >> And >> as we cannot see the clear Sun free of eclipse before setting we are >> prohibited eating even in the night today, 3rd Monday. Only after seeing >> clear Sun Tuesday morning we can have food. This restriction is for able >> people. As for infirm and weak, they allow lite foods and liquids as per >> sastras. Adherence is left to the will of the devotees. >> >> Dasan ramanuja >> >> >> On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, sgopan wrote: >> >> > Dear Devotee : >> > The local news paper will be your best bet since I do not know where >> > you live . Please also refer to the http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data >> > for computation of the duration of the eclipse from the Eclipse >> > calculator provided for your location. >> > >> > One should stop eating once the GrahaNam starts . Cover >> > the foods ( in India with darbham ) and eat after the grahaNam is over >> > . >> > >> > V.S >> > >> > P.S : I request others to comment as appropriate with additional >> > information >> > . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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