Few months before, I mentioned about the Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse.
A Partial Lunar Eclipse or Chandra Grahan will again occur in India between December 31st, 2009 and January 1st, 2010.
Lunar Eclipse will start during late hours of December 31, 2009 and will last till the early hours of January 1, 2010.
The Partial Lunar Eclipse starts at 17:17:07 GMT to 21:28:15 GMT.
Chandra Grahan or Partial Lunar Eclipse in IST (Indian Standard Time) is from 22:47 hrs on December 31st, 2009 to 02:58 hrs on January 1, 2010.
Following is the NASA image which shows the path of the Partial Lunar Eclipse on December 31, 2009 – January 1, 2010 around the world:
Partial Lunar Eclipse / Chandra Grahan will is visible in India, Nepal, Dubai, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Singapore, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other places in Asia (eastern hemisphere).
Hindu Rituals during Lunar Eclipse
Usually during a lunar eclipse, a fast (Upvaas) is observed by certain communities in Hindu religion. The fast begins about 9 hours before the beginning of the lunar eclipse.
As per traditional Hindu lunar calendar, December 31st is Paush Poornima and the famous Magh Mela begins at Allahabad (Sangam in Prayag).
People also take a bath in cold water and chant mantras dedicated to Lord Vishnu or Shiva like the Ashtakshara Mantra or Mrityunjaya Mantra. This is done whenever there is a Solar or Lunar eclipse. Pregnant women chant the Santana Gopala Mantra.
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This is a great article on the science of lunar eclipses: http://scienceray.com/astronom.....-eve-2009/
And this one about the meaning of a blue moon is great too: http://scienceray.com/astronom.....blue-moon/
@jain, thanks for sharing this info.
on new year seeing eclipse is bad/good
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I dont’ think it is bad.