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Solar Eclipse in India on January 15th, 2010 – January 2010 – Surya Grahan 2010 India Time – Partial Solar Eclipse

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Few months before, I mentioned about the Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse.

A Partial Lunar Eclipse or Surya Grahan will again occur in India on January 15th, 2010 and will be visible during 11:25 AM to 3:15 PM (Indian Standard Time).

Solar Eclipse will be visible in :

  • Africa
  • Bahrain
  • China
  • Dubai
  • Europe
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Nepal
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka

Solar Eclipse will not be visible in USA and Canada.

Surya Grahan will be visible in India from 11:25:32 AM to 03:15:13 PM hrs (Indian Standard Time) on January 15th, 2010. The grahan will pass between southern tip of India and northern Sri Lanka. It means that the Solar Eclipse can be clearly visible in South India.

Surya Grahanam will be clearly visible in Southern Indian – Madurai, Kumbakonam, Kannyakumari, Nagercoil, Palayamkottai, Tirunellveli, Thanjavur, Trivandrum, Tuticorin (Toothukudi), Chennai and other parts of South India.

In Kanyakumari, the Solar Eclipse will be visible between 11:06:11 to 15:05:48 hrs (IST).

The Solor Eclipse on January 15th, 2010 is called Annular Eclipse.

Following is the NASA images which shows all the places around the world where Solar Eclipse will be visible:

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02.01.2010 Science 2 Comments

Lunar Eclipse in India December 2009 – January 2010 – Chandra Grahan 2009 / 2010 – Partial Lunar Eclipse

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

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:

Lunar Eclipse in India December 2009 - January 2010 - Chandra Grahan 2009 - 2010 - Partial Lunar Eclipse

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

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23.12.2009 News, Science 4 Comments

Lunar Eclipse in India August 2009 – Chandra Grahan 2009 – Partial Lunar Eclipse

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Two weeks back, there was Total Solar Eclipse – Surya Grahan.

Now, Lunar Eclipse / Chandra Grahan will take place on August 5, 2009 or August 2009 based on the location in the world.

Chandra Grahan will take place at moon set in both India and Nepal.

According to NASA, the Lunar Eclipse will not visible to the naked eye.

Hindu Panchangs and calendars are referring it as Madhya Chhaya Chandragrahan. There are no specific timing given. Also no advices to follow any rituals (There is no need to follow any Niyamas). The Chandra Grahan will take place in South America, Africa, West Asia and Europe. It will take place at moon rise in parts of United States, Canada and Caribbean Islands. Chandra Grahan, a shallow penumbral lunar eclipse, will take place on August 6, 2009. In United States and South America, it will be visible on the evening of August 5, 2009.

Lunar Eclipse August 2009 - Image Courtesy: NASA

Lunar Eclipse August 2009 – Image Courtesy: NASA

In India, the lunar eclipse on August 6, 2009 will take place at moon set from 04:34 hrs IST to 07:44 hrs IST (As per Indian Standard Time) (early morning). The Chandra Grahan will not be visible in India.

Madhya Chhaya Chandragrahan / Partial Lunar Eclipse August 2009 in United States Timings

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04.08.2009 News, Science 2 Comments

Solar Eclipse in India July 2009 – Surya Grahan 2009 – Total Solar Eclipse in India

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

As per Indian Standard Time, Total Solar Eclipse will be visible between 5:28 AM to 7:40 AM IST (Indian Standard Time) in India on July 22, 2009.

Solar Eclipse in Animation

Solar Eclipse in Animation

The total solar eclipse will last nearly four minutes — from 6.26 am to 6.30 am IST — in India and during this time Sun will not be visible at all. In India, Total Lunar Eclipse will be visible in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Varanasi, West Bengal and Northeastern States. According to NASA, the Solar Eclipse on July 22, 2009 is a “Total Solar Eclipse” and the Moon’s umbral shadow on Sun begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, China and ends in the Pacific Ocean.

It is the longest total solar eclipse in the 21st century and will not surpass in duration until next 123 years.

The total solar eclipse in India will be visible in regions around Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Surat (Gujarat), Darjeeling (West Bengal), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and Patna (Bihar).

The other places in India where the Eclipse is visible are Khandwa, Maihar, Mirzapur, Muzaffarpur, Panchmarhi, Purnia, Rewa, Sagar, Siliguri, Silvassa ,Vidisha, Bankipore, Bharuch, Chhapra, Chhatarpur, Cooch Bihar, Daltoganj, Daman, Darbhanga, Dibrugarh, Gangtok, Itanagar, Itarsi, Jabalpur, Katihar.

Majority of the regions in India will not have a view of the Total solar eclipse. As per NASA data, it will be a partial eclipse in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.

The path of the Surya Grahan Through India (Image from NASA)
Solar Eclipse Path in India

  • The dark blue double line with circles indicates the path of Total Solar Eclipse which includes central India, Bhutan and parts of China.
  • The grid area is of partial eclipse. (image from NASA)

The rare solar eclipse which will take place on Wed, July 22, 09 will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.080 that will be visible in northern India, Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Bhutan, the northern Myanmar, central China and the Pacific Ocean, the Ryukyu Islands, Marshall Islands and Kiribati.

Do’s and Don’t during the Solar eclipse

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21.07.2009 News, Science 15 Comments

Some interesting facts about Human Body

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Here are few interesting facts of human body:
Human Body

- Hiccups happen when the diaphragm, the muscle that controls our breathing, becomes irritated and start to spasm and contract uncontrollably. With each contraction, air is pulled into the lungs very quickly, passes through the voice box, and then the epiglottis closes behind the rush of air, shaking the vocal chords, causing the “hic” sound. The irritation can be caused by rapid eating, emotional stress and even some diseases. The best cure? Breathing into a paper bag. This calms the diaphragm by increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in your bloodstream.

- The length from your wrist to your elbow is the same as the length of your foot.

- Your heart beats 101,000 times a day. During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times and pump about 400 million litres (800 million pints) of blood.
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13.05.2008 Science 8 Comments