Partial Solar Eclipse Affected by Ketu on 25/10/2022, Tuesday (Kartik Amavasya)
The Utkal region witnessed a Ketu-graasta (Ketu-shadowed) partial solar eclipse on 25th October 2022, Tuesday, which coincided with Kartika Amavasya.
🔸️(Details)🔸️
According to IST, for Puri:
- Sunrise: 5:48:24 AM
- Sunset: 5:13:18 PM
◾️For Puri, Eclipse Timings:
- Eclipse Begins (Sparsha): 4:56:52 PM (Visible from northwest)
- Mid-Eclipse: 5:43:46 PM (Not visible)
- Eclipse Ends (Moksha): 6:26:52 PM (Not visible)
- Total Duration: 1 hour 30 seconds
🔺️ This eclipse was visible in Puri for only 16 minutes and 26 seconds. At the time of sunset, the Sun appeared about 1/5th eclipsed.
🔹️Fasting Guidelines:
- Start of Ritual Fasting & Food Restriction: From the end of night (around 4:57 AM) on 24/10/2022, Monday
- Cooking, food consumption, and temple rituals were prohibited from that time.
- However, children, elderly, sick, and infirm persons were exempt from following the strict fasting rules.
- On 26/10/2022, Wednesday, after viewing the sunrise, the deities were to be given a ceremonial bath (Mahasnan), followed by regular cooking and temple rituals.
🔸️During the Eclipse (from 4:57 AM till eclipse end):
- No Pahuda (sleep/rest rituals) for the deities.
- Only fruits and dry offerings (Naivedya) could be given.
- After Moksha (eclipse end), Mahasnan and normal offerings were to resume.
◾️Eclipse Timings for Other Places in Odisha (25.10.2022, Tuesday):
- Angul: 5:50:47 PM – 6:44:40 PM
- Jeypore: 5:10:48 PM – 6:40:48 PM
- Sambalpur: 5:04:04 PM – 6:34:04 PM
- Balangir: 5:06:20 PM – 6:36:20 PM
- Nabarangpur: 5:09:44 PM – 6:39:44 PM
- Rourkela: 5:00:48 PM – 6:30:48 PM
- Bhawanipatna: 5:07:40 PM – 6:37:40 PM
- Cuttack: 4:56:36 PM – 6:26:32 PM
- Rayagada: 6:06:28 PM – 6:36:28 PM
- Sundargarh: 5:04:12 PM – 6:34:12 PM
🔴 Eclipse Considered Inauspicious for Zodiac Signs:
- Aries (Mesha)
- Libra (Tula)
- Scorpio (Vrischika)
- Capricorn (Makara)
- Aquarius (Kumbha)
- Pisces (Meena)
🔸️Religious Recommendations:
- During the eclipse: One should engage in bathing, charity, fire rituals (homa), chanting (japa), and Tantric practices.
- It is believed that spiritual practices like mantra japa and sacred recitation are more effective during this period.
- Sleeping, eating, and sexual activity are strictly prohibited during the eclipse.
🔸️Special Instructions:
The environment should be kept quiet and peaceful during the eclipse.ସ୍ଥିର ରହିବା ଶ୍ରେୟ ଅଟେ ।
During solar and lunar eclipses, activities such as sleeping, eating, sexual intercourse, urination/defecation, oil massage, etc., are to be avoided.
Pregnant women are advised not to engage in cutting, sewing, peeling, or any risky tasks.
