Tharpanam on Lunar eclipse
on 8-10-2014.
This eclipse starts
at 2.48 PM IST and is there up to 6.04 PM IST on the same day. In India most of the places the
rise of the moo n is around 6 PM
IST .Because of this it would not be visible
to the naked eye in most of the
western parts of India, It is is visible for 45 minutes between 5.19PM and 6.04 PM in Calcutta
, 7 miniutes between 5.57 PM and 6.04 PM in Madras . It is not visible
to naked eye in Bangalore. Mumbai ,
entire Kerala Gujarat . Wherever it is not visible , tharpanam need not be done
and wherever it is visible tharpanam
needs to be done , preferably within the
eclipse period.Before Tharpanam you have to take bath, perform Tharpanam
and after eclipse ends again we have to take bath. In USA it is visible in most of the places , just
before moon set (very early morning) .
THarpanam needs to be done at that time.
You can get the
start and end time by filling up the
nearest city in
The sankalpa
manthras are "Dakshinayana , Varsha
rithou Kanyaa mase , Krishna Pakshe Prathamyaam punya thidhou SAumya Vasra
yukthayam uttara proshtapada nakshatra yukthaayaam , Dhruva
nama yoga yukthaayam , somaparaga punya
kale uparaaga sradham , thila tharpana roopena Adhya
Karishye .
With best wishes, Ramachander