From: Huzefa Darolywala <huzefa.darolywala@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Subject: [Aburhani.com] Eclipses of the Year 2010
Baad Afzalus Salaam,
During the year 2010, two solar and two lunar eclipses occur as follows:
2010 Jan 15: Annular Solar Eclipse
2010 Jun 26: Partial Lunar Eclipse
2010 Jul 11: Total Solar Eclipse
2010 Dec 21: Total Lunar Eclipse
All times and dates used are in Universal Time or UT. This astronomically derived time system is colloquially referred to as Greenwich Mean Time or GMT. To learn more about UT and how to convert UT to your own local time, see Time Zones and Universal Time (http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEhelp/TimeZone.html).
Annular Solar Eclipse of January 15, 2010
The first solar eclipse of 2010 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in western Sagittarius. An annular eclipse will be visible from a 300-km-wide track that traverses central Africa, the Indian Ocean and eastern Asia. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes Eastern Europe, most of Africa, Asia, and Indonesia.
The given link shows the Google Map and path of Solar Eclipse. Click anywhere on the map to mark a position and calculate the eclipse times there. Move the cursor over a marker to reveal the eclipse circumstances for that position.
http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2010Jan15Agoogle2.html
The complete 2010 solar eclipse publication is also available in electronic format as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file: http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/2010/TP214171a.pdf
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.
May Allah (TA) by Dua Mubarak of Aqa Maula (TUS) save us from all the calamities of the world.
Allah (TA) grant Aqa Maula (TUS) long and healthy life Ta Qayamat (Ameen)