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TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE (08.10.2014)

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Total Lunar Eclipse (08.10.2014) ( Kethugrastha – Grasthoditha )      { Khagrasa Chandra Grahana }      A total lunar eclipse is going to be witnessed on 8 th of October 2014 on the lunar day of Aaswayuja Sukla Pournami (Full Moon day).  It is going to be a Total Lunar Ecliplse (Khagrasa Chandra Grahana) occurring at the Moon’s descending node (Kethugrashta) with the eclipse starting before Moonrise (Grasthodaya). This eclipse is visible in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific and Americas (North & South) with a duration of 3hrs and 20 minutes while the totality (total phase) lasting for an hour. In India this eclipse is visible only in certain places where the Moon rises before the eclipse ends. Eclipse is going to occur more or less at the same time according to the local standard timings.   Eclipse is visible in India mostly in Eastern and North-Eastern regions. Some of the places indicated where Eclipse is visible are D...