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Annular Solar Eclipse, May 10th 2013

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This Solar eclipse will be visible in the Pacific, South East Asia, Indian Ocean and Australia/ New Zealand, Hawaii.

It is an ‘annular’ eclipse, one in which the Moon blocks out the Sun except for a ring of light around it.

UTC Timing of 10th May 2013 Solar Eclipse (UTC is GMT) :

Event UTC Time
First location to see partial eclipse begin 9 May, 21:25
First location to see full Eclipse begin 9 May, 22:31
Maximum Eclipse 10 May, 00:23
Last location to see full Eclipse end 10 May, 02:20
Last location to see partial Eclipse end 10 May, 03:25  

Australia Timings can be found here.

New Zealand, Indonesia, Malyasia and other places incl. Australia can be found here.

All Mumineen should abstain from eating and drinking during the eclipse and there should be no sexual intimacy in that night (or during the day of a solar eclipse). It is a time when one should pray, particularly namaaz, Quran and Dua. Leisure and frivolous pursuits should be avoided.
During an eclipse pregnant women in particular should be very careful. For example they should not handle metal objects – especially sharp ones. Nazrul Maqaam (as) and sadaqo should be offered.

Other directives with regards to things to abstain from during eclipses and other times of extreme natural events can be found in Busaheba’s Sahifa.
Gharan (eclipse) namaaz see Book 1 page 149.
For pregnancy see Book 3 page 21.

Table 10-1 Annular Solar eclipse 10 May 2013 timing for selected locations
Location

Start

Partial

h:m (am)

Start

Annular

h:m:s am

Annular

Duration

m:s

Maximum

Magnitude

Time of

Max.

h:m (am)

End

Partial

h:m (am)

Sun

Elev.

(at max)
Annular eclipse              
  Kowanyama

7:27

8:42:18

4m 30s

97%

10:19

26°
Pormpuraaw

7:27

8:42:52

3m 19s

96%

10:19

26°
Coen

7:27

8:45:35

2m 14s

95%

10:23

28°
Partial eclipse            
 

 

 

 

 

 Cairns

7:28

88%

8:49

10:27

29°
Cooktown

7:28

93%

8:49

10:27

29°
Townsville

7:29

81%

8:49

10:27

29°
Rockhampton

7:34

65%

8:54

10:30

30°
Brisbane

7:41

52%

8:58

10:28

30°

Lunar Eclipse 25th/26th April 2013 – Further Information

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As per Alvaratus Saifiyah directives the timing of the lunar eclipse to be wary of are those that relate to the partial phase.

For the eclipse of Thursday 25th/26th April the UTC/GMT timings are 19.54 to 20.21 (a total of about 27 minutes) on Thursday 25th April.

For India this co-relates to 01.24 – 01.52 on the morning of Friday the 26th of April.

For UK British Summer Time this is 20.54 – 21.21 on the 25th of April.

You will have to adjust your timings according to your locality.

As per the directives Mumineen are especially told not to go through with any traditional marriage/shaadi felicitations on this evening, any scheduled shaadi jaman should be served with the niyyat of ‘salawaat’ and completed before the eclipse begins (or after).

Zafaaf should be postponed entirely and not take place in this night at all.

Lunar Eclipse – April 25th 2013

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This lunar eclipse will be visible in eastern Europe or Africa, central Asia or western Australia. At the instant of greatest eclipse the Moon will be at the zenith for an observer just east of Madagascar. Eastern parts of South America will experience moonrise with the eclipse already in progress, but none of the eclipse is visible from North America.

UTC Timing of 25th April 2013 Lunar Eclipse (UTC is GMT) :

Penumbral Eclipse Begins:  18:03:38 UT
Partial Eclipse Begins:    19:54:08 UT
Greatest Eclipse:          20:07:30 UT
Partial Eclipse Ends:      20:21:02 UT
Penumbral Eclipse Ends:    22:11:26 UT

Corresponding tiimings for India:
Partial Eclipse starts: 01.24
Partial Eclipse ends: 01.52

All Mumineen should abstain from eating and drinking during the partial eclipse phase and there should be no sexual intimacy in that night (or during the day of a solar eclipse). It is a time when one should pray, particularly namaaz, Quran and Dua. Leisure and frivolous pursuits should be avoided.
During an eclipse pregnant women in particular should be very careful. For example they should not handle metal objects – especially sharp ones. Nazrul Maqaam (as) and sadaqo should be offered.

Other directives with regards to things to abstain from during eclipses and other times of extreme natural events can be found in Busaheba’s Sahifa.
Gharan (eclipse) namaaz see Book 1 page 149.
For pregnancy see Book 3 page 21.