Ćandra-grahaṇam, Lunar Eclipse
On September 18 a partial lunar eclipse will be observed in Americas, Europe and Western Asia (not including Bhārata). One can learn about the particulars of the eclipse in one's location from here or here. Note that NASA Website is often inaccurate as far as time zones are concerned.
During lunar eclipse one shall not sleep, eat, drink or otherwise entertain oneself. Chanting stotras or mantras, listening to Śāstrās or discussing Śāstric matters, taking oblation in Tīrthās, etc. is the proper way of observing the time of eclipse. One have to take care that the light of the eclipsed Sun doesn't fall on any foodstuffs and into the innermost chamber of a temple. One should abstain from eating from the midday of the day of the eclipse till the eclipse is over.
Those requirements are related to an eclipse potentially observable by a sādhaka in his location (including an eclipse which could be observed by him but for a clouded sky). An eclipse taking place elsewhere on Earth or a penumbral eclipse not followed by a partial ecliple doesn't impose any specific set of actions.
| ॥ श्रीः ॥ | September 18 | September 19 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| +5:30 | India | Udupi | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | |
| Kolkata | ||||
| Manali | ||||
| New Delhi | ||||
| Bengaluru | ||||
| Gokarna | ||||
| Morjim | ||||
| +5:00 | Tajikistan | Dushanbe | ||
| Russia | Perm | |||
| Ufa | ||||
| Orenburg | ||||
| Yekaterinburg | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | |||
| Surgut | ||||
| Chelyabinsk | ||||
| +5:00 | Kazakhstan | Aktobe | ||
| Aktau | ||||
| Kokshetau | ||||
| Almaty | ||||
| Tekeli | ||||
| Ust-Kamenogorsk (Oskemen) | ||||
| +6:00 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | ||
| Russia | Omsk | |||
| +7:00 | Krasnoyarsk | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | ||
| Novokuznetsk | ||||
| Novosibirsk | ||||
| Barnaul | ||||
| Tomsk | ||||
| Thailand | Ko Pha-ngan | |||
| +8:00 | Indonesia | Denpasar | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | |
| +9:00 | Russia | Mirny | ||
| +10:00 | Khabarovsk | |||
| Vladivostok | ||||
| +12:00 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | |||
| +4:00 | Armenia | Yerevan | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | |||
| Russia | Samara | |||
| +3:00 | Volgograd | |||
| +4:00 | Ulyanovsk | |||
| +3:00 | Pyatigorsk | |||
| Stavropol | ||||
| Semikarakorsk | ||||
| Krasnodar | ||||
| Kerch | ||||
| Simferopol | ||||
| Russia | Donetsk | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | ||
| Stary Oskol | ||||
| Lipetsk | ||||
| +3:00 | Voronezh | |||
| Tambov | ||||
| Kazan | ||||
| Cheboksary | ||||
| Kirov | ||||
| Rostov-on-Don | ||||
| Russia | Ryazan | |||
| Moscow | ||||
| Dubna | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | |||
| +3:00 | Saint Petersburg | |||
| Murmansk | ||||
| Kostomuksha | ||||
| Arkhangelsk | ||||
| Smolensk | ||||
| Belarus | Gomel | |||
| Minsk | ||||
| Grodno | ||||
| +3:00 (DST) | Ukraine | Kharkov | ||
| Poltava | ||||
| Kremenchug | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | |||
| Krivoy Rog | ||||
| Kiev | ||||
| Kropyvnytskyi (Kirovograd) | ||||
| Nikolaev | ||||
| Odessa | ||||
| Rovno | ||||
| +3:00 (DST) | Kolomyia | |||
| Israel | Ashkelon | |||
| Moldova | Kishinev | |||
| Cyprus | Nicosia | |||
| Latvia | Riga | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | ||
| Jurmala | ||||
| Estonia | Tallinn | |||
| Lithuania | Vilnius | |||
| +2:00 (DST) | Poland | Warsaw | ||
| Germany | Hitzacker | |||
| Dillingen an der Donau | ||||
| Eppingen | ||||
| Austria | Vienna | |||
| Switzerland | Biel/Biennne | |||
| France | Marseille | |||
| Spain | Barcelona | Mahālayā-pakṣa starts | ||
| Madrid | ||||
| +1:00 (DST) | UK | London | ||
| -3:00 (DST) | Canada | Fredericton | ||
| -4:00 (DST) | Toronto | |||
| USA | New York City | |||
| Miami | ||||
| -5:00 | Mexico | Cancun | ||
| -6:00 | Canada | Meadow Lake | ||
| -7:00 (DST) | USA | Los Angeles | ||
| ॥ ॐ तत्सत् ॥ | September 18 | September 19 | ||
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