Dear Friends of Science and Astronomy,

We generally used to believe that new Gregorian calendar is more stable and easy
to understand and predict. But that's because we just know only that and do not
see our old PANCHANG as westerners has discarded and so we followed them blindly
too. But the Dates are not correct and so actually new year day 1/1/06 was 3
days late and that was actual 4/1/06 as Sun position in the sky star map for new
year positioned before 3 days. Not only that in 19 Century 1878 actual
astronomically Moon and Sun positioned for DIWALI early on 27Sept.
1) 14/10/1878 kartak krushnapaksha trutiya somvar Sanvat 1935 means Diwali was
27/28Sept.
2) 01/10/1883 ashvin krishnapaksha amavasya somvar Sanvat 1940 Diwali

As no one can change the positions of Moon and the Sun the most stable calendar
is adapted in our ancient life. But with only a new calendar make to understand
it more difficult. Do not be confused let me give an simple example.

Why the predictions of Eclipses become difficult with new calendars. because
unsynchronised with the Sun and Planetary aspects. if we ask any one to predict
eclipses most of will struggle to do so with new dates. and as we are not in
touch with our ancient calendar system.

But with our Ancient Panchang Calendars it is very easy to predict if we are in
touch with that type of Calendars and used to it. e.g. all solar eclipse are
regularly follows every year of lunar Months (AND ADJUSTED MONTH - after 2007,
every 3 years). And Solar Eclipse is on AMAVSYA only not following Dates - so
there is simple tradition to follow that. That's why record do exist that
Mahabharat was having a Total Solar ECLIPSE. but now with new calendars ONLY
fools do say that some one else just predicted eclipse correctly!!!

Take some examples of recent Solar eclipses as follows:-
2005 April 8 Friday Annular-Total 100.8% 0m46.8s Partial: New Zealand, Pacific
Ocean, Central and Southern America, Southern and Eastern part of USA

Total: Pacific Ocean

Annular: Costa Rica, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela,
2005 October 3 Monday Annular 95.8 % 4m26.4s Partial: Europe, Africa,
South-West Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indian Ocean

Annular: Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Tunesia, Libya, Chad, Sudan,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
2006 March 29 Wednesday Total 105.2% 4m10.9s Partial: Eastern parts of
Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, Asia

Total: Brazil, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Egypt,
Turkey, Georgia, Russia, Kazakstan, (Mongolia)
2006 September 22 Friday Annular 93.6% 7m04.2s Partial: South America,
Atlantic Ocean, Western and Southern Africa, Antarctica

Annular: Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil
2007 March 19 Monday Partial 84.4% Partial: Asia, Alaska
2007 September 11 Tuesday Partial 79.5% Partial: South America,
Antarctica


There is a Good Chance to watch the total Solar eclipse 2006 March 29 Wednesday,
13h 56m 00s but only with due CARE. As the area is geologically unstable and
needs heath security and beware of Avian flue cross infections.

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Sun
Time:

2006 March 29 Wednesday, 13h 56m 00s
JD: 2453823.9555605 TDT: 2453823.9563113 deltaT: 64.87 sec
Apparent sideral time: Local: 1h 25m 33.252s Greenwich: 23h 22m 50.052s
(All times in EEST, UTC+03:00, topocentric data for User Site, Turkey)
Carrington rotation with number 2041 started at 14. Mar. 2006, 16:55:41 EET

Geocentric:

True distance: 0.9984608 AU Light time: 0h 08m 18.2s

Equatorial Coordinates
Apparent: R.A. 0h 31m 38.5s Dec. + 3d 24' 53.9"

Ecliptical Coordinates
Geometric: Lon. 8d 37' 04.8" Lat. - 0d 00' 00.1" (mean equinox,
ecliptic of date)

At zenith: Lon. 17d 12' 07" Lat. + 3d 24' 54" (WGS84 coordinates)

Topocentric:

Airfree coordinates
Altitude: 54.2857 deg Azimuth: 203.4891 deg Direction:
South-Southwest SSW
Astrometric: R.A. 0h 31m 19.3s Dec. + 3d 22' 44.4" (J2000)
Apparent: R.A. 0h 31m 38.4s Dec. + 3d 24' 49.0"

Coordinates including refraction
Altitude: 54.30 deg Azimuth: 203.49 deg Direction: South-Southwest
SSW
Apparent: R.A. 0h 31m 39s Dec. + 3d 25' 29"


Rises: 6h 48.1m (Azimuth: 85.2° E)
Transit: 13h 02m 06.4s (Altitude: +56.50°)
Sets: 19h 16.7m (Azimuth: 275.0° W)
Time above horizon: 12h 28.7m

In constellation Pisces (Psc)
In zodiac sign Aries, 8.6°

Physical:

Diameter: + 0d 32' 02.25"

Visual magnitude: -27.0 mag
Sub-Earth Phi: -6.68 deg, Lambda: 164.4 deg (CM Central Meridian)
Carrington Rotation Number: 2041
PositionAngle of axis: 333.97 deg (from North to East)
Position Angle of axis: 315.22 deg (from Zenith to East)

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Local Circumstances for Solar Eclipse (or Transit)

Wednesday 29 March 2006 Time Object Event
12h37m34.6s Partial Solar Eclipse begins
Position angle=226.1°, Position angle vertex=235.0°, Altitude=56.0°,
Azimuth=169.0° S
13h54m25.7s Umbra eclipse begins
Position angle=193.1°, Position angle vertex=174.9°, Altitude=54.4°,
Azimuth=202.8° SSW
13h56m00.4s Maximum eclipse: Total Solar Eclipse
Magnitude=105.019%, Obscuration=100.000%
Separation=27.29", Position angle=137.5°, Position angle
vertex=118.8°, Altitude=54.3°, Azimuth=203.5° SSW,
Duration partial phase=2.59 hours Duration total/annular phase=3.15
minutes, ET-UT=64.9sec
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13h57m34.9s Umbra eclipse ends
Position angle=82.1°, Position angle vertex=62.8°, Altitude=54.2°,
Azimuth=204.1° SSW
15h12m47.2s Partial Solar Eclipse ends
Position angle=49.7°, Position angle vertex=11.8°, Altitude=45.1°,
Azimuth=229.7° SW

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Current Local Data of Eclipse

Total Solar Eclipse
Magnitude=105.019%, Obscuration=100.000%,
Position angle=137.5° Position angle vertex=118.8°, Altitude=54.3°,
Azimuth=203.5° SSW
Separation=27.3", 0.0284 Sun Radi,
dRA=18.4", 0.0192 Sun Radi, dDec=-20.1", -0.0209 Sun Radi
Maximum eclipse: Total Solar Eclipse
Magnitude=105.019%, Obscuration=100.000%
Separation=27.29", Position angle=137.5°, Position angle
vertex=118.8°, Altitude=54.3°, Azimuth=203.5° SSW,
Duration partial phase=2.59 hours Duration total/annular phase=3.15
minutes, ET-UT=64.9sec
?Load path of the Total Solar Eclipse into Google Earth



By yours Dr.BHUDIA-Science Group Of INDIA.
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