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Grahan 2000: Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Surya Grahan and Chandra Grahan 2000 · ग्रहण 2000
6 eclipses in 2000; 1 visible from India. For each: the date, the time of the eclipse worldwide, whether and when it is seen in New Delhi, the sutak, and the rashi and nakshatra it falls in.
Chandra Grahan (Purna)
Friday, 21 January 2000Not visible in India
Sutak: No sutak — the eclipse is not seen here.
Worldwide: Begins 07:35 · Maximum 10:13 · Ends 12:52 (IST) · Rashi: Cancer · Nakshatra: Pushya (pada 1)
Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa)
Saturday, 5 February 2000Not visible in India
Sutak: No sutak — the eclipse is not seen here.
Worldwide: Begins 16:26 · Maximum 18:19 · Ends 20:13 (IST) · Rashi: Capricorn · Nakshatra: Shravana (pada 4)
Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa)
Sunday, 2 July 2000Not visible in India
Sutak: No sutak — the eclipse is not seen here.
Worldwide: Begins 23:38 (1 July 2000) · Maximum 01:03 · Ends 02:27 (IST) · Rashi: Gemini · Nakshatra: Ardra (pada 3)
Chandra Grahan (Purna)
Sunday, 16 July 2000Visible in India (New Delhi)
- Sparsh (begins)
- 19:21
- Madhya (maximum)
- 19:26
- Moksha (ends)
- 21:23
- Duration
- 2 h 2 min
begins with moonrise
Sutak: from 09:00 until moksha (21:23); for children, the elderly and the sick from 15:54.
Worldwide: Begins 16:19 · Maximum 19:26 · Ends 22:32 (IST) · Rashi: Capricorn · Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha (pada 2)
Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa)
Monday, 31 July 2000Not visible in India
Sutak: No sutak — the eclipse is not seen here.
Worldwide: Begins 06:08 · Maximum 07:43 · Ends 09:19 (IST) · Rashi: Cancer · Nakshatra: Pushya (pada 4)
Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa)
Monday, 25 December 2000Not visible in India
Sutak: No sutak — the eclipse is not seen here.
Worldwide: Begins 20:57 · Maximum 23:05 · Ends 01:13 (26 December 2000) (IST) · Rashi: Sagittarius · Nakshatra: Mula (pada 4)
How these are computed
Eclipse times from the Swiss Ephemeris; lunar contacts with the shadow Indian almanacs use. A penumbral lunar eclipse is listed but not observed: no sutak, no rituals. Sutak counts whole prahars before the local start: four for a solar eclipse, three for a lunar one, and ends at moksha. Times are IST for New Delhi.
Other years: 19992001Festivals 2000
Questions
How many eclipses are there in 2000?
6: Chandra Grahan (Purna) — 21 January 2000; Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa) — 5 February 2000; Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa) — 2 July 2000; Chandra Grahan (Purna) — 16 July 2000; Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa) — 31 July 2000; Surya Grahan (Khandagrasa) — 25 December 2000.
Which eclipse of 2000 is visible in India?
Chandra Grahan (Purna) on 16 July 2000: begins 19:21, ends 21:23 IST.
When does the sutak of the 16 July 2000 lunar eclipse begin?
Sutak from 09:00 until moksha at 21:23 (New Delhi).