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Solar Eclipse : 22nd July 2009

The solar eclipse that will take place on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 will be a total eclipse of the Sun with a magnitude of 1.080 that will be visible from a narrow corridor through northern India,also in other parts of the world. This solar eclipse is the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century, and will not be surpassed in duration until June 13, 2132. Totality will last for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds.

Some figures you must note down.

The solar eclipse on 22 July 2009 AD, Ashadha no moon day will be at

Sunrise just as at the time of Mahabharata war on 10 Sept 3008BC, Kartik Krishna 13.

10 Sept 3008BC to 22 July 2009AD = 1832371 days=62050 lunar

months=5286. 4887 ecliptic years.

Average synodic month for last 5017 years is 29.53056102 days

( calculating by Kepler’s Law and Delta T correction)

Average ecliptic year is 346.614 days.

On 10 Sept 3008 BC,Rahu was near Sun.

On 22 July 2009 AD,ketu will be near Sun

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