Lunar eclipse is auspicous?

Hare Krishna,

A little late, but here's your answer!

Saturday,4th April 2015 There is Lunar Eclipse. Temple darshan will be closed from 1:00PM-7:30PM. During this period, advisable not to eat,drink or cook and put kusa grass in all cooked food and water before 2:30PM and chant the holy names of the Lord. After 7:15PM, take bath, cook, offer and honor Prasad. For other Locations please call nearest temple or check in vaishnava Calender.

Do's and Don't during Eclipse
1. During Suutak and Eclipse, bath, donating,jaap, paath, mantra and stotra paath, mantra sidhi, Teerath snaan, meditation, havan, kirtan is very auspicious and beneficial.
2. One should try best to take sankalp before Sunrise of Apr.4, and as per advice of pujari, as per your zodiac, should collect items to donate and after eclipse is over, or else next day after taking bath during Sunrise, should donate those items to an able brahmin.
3. During suutak and grehan, do not cut nails, do not touch deities, do not eat non required food, do not have any sexual relation, do not sleep, do not apply oil, do not lie, do not do conspiracy, do not do useless talking, do not use toilet unless necessary.
4. During Suutak kaal ( not during Eclipse) children, old aged people, sick people and pregnant females can be offered favorable food, medicines and there is no dosh in it.
5. Before suutak or Eclipse start, it is best to keep leaf of kusha/ Tulsi Leaf in milk, yogurt,pickles,chutneys,murabba, as due to it these foods don't become duushit.

Timings:
1.Sutak will start from Sunrise itself.
2.As per Indian Standard Time,
grehan starts at 03:45 pm,
khagras starts at 05:24 pm,
Grehan madhya at 05:30 pm
Khagras ends at 05:36 pm
Grehan moksha, i.e.Grehan ends at 07:15 pm.

Regions where lunar eclipse is visible: Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.
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Rankin Fisher April 4, 2015 at 9:29pm

Hare Krishna,

A little late, but here's your answer!

Saturday,4th April 2015 There is Lunar Eclipse. Temple darshan will be closed from 1:00PM-7:30PM. During this period, advisable not to eat,drink or cook and put kusa grass in all cooked food and water before 2:30PM and chant the holy names of the Lord. After 7:15PM, take bath, cook, offer and honor Prasad. For other Locations please call nearest temple or check in vaishnava Calender.

Do's and Don't during Eclipse
1. During Suutak and Eclipse, bath, donating,jaap, paath, mantra and stotra paath, mantra sidhi, Teerath snaan, meditation, havan, kirtan is very auspicious and beneficial.
2. One should try best to take sankalp before Sunrise of Apr.4, and as per advice of pujari, as per your zodiac, should collect items to donate and after eclipse is over, or else next day after taking bath during Sunrise, should donate those items to an able brahmin.
3. During suutak and grehan, do not cut nails, do not touch deities, do not eat non required food, do not have any sexual relation, do not sleep, do not apply oil, do not lie, do not do conspiracy, do not do useless talking, do not use toilet unless necessary.
4. During Suutak kaal ( not during Eclipse) children, old aged people, sick people and pregnant females can be offered favorable food, medicines and there is no dosh in it.
5. Before suutak or Eclipse start, it is best to keep leaf of kusha/ Tulsi Leaf in milk, yogurt,pickles,chutneys,murabba, as due to it these foods don't become duushit.

Timings:
1.Sutak will start from Sunrise itself.
2.As per Indian Standard Time,
grehan starts at 03:45 pm,
khagras starts at 05:24 pm,
Grehan madhya at 05:30 pm
Khagras ends at 05:36 pm
Grehan moksha, i.e.Grehan ends at 07:15 pm.

Regions where lunar eclipse is visible: Asia, Australia, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.
Sent by ISKCON Desire Tree
Bhaktitantrananda (Yogi Tantra G) April 4, 2015 at 4:39am

Hare Krishna

Total eclipse of the moon tomorrow.
http://bit.ly/1NEHd3c

Calculate your location here

http://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/indonesia/jakarta

Total eclipse of the moon on April 4!

Western North America will see the total eclipse before dawn April 4. Eastern Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia see it on the evening of A…

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