Solar Eclipse 2024: Know the date, time and impact on Sutak Kaal


The solar eclipse will begin on October 2.

According to astrology, religious and auspicious works were prohibited during the Sutak period.

The significance of solar eclipse plays an important role in Hinduism. According to astrology, solar eclipse always occurs on Amavasya day. The Sutak period starts 12 hours before the solar eclipse. According to astrology, religious and auspicious works are prohibited during the Sutak period. If any auspicious work is done during this period, it will be considered cursed. Many measures are taken to remove the dosha caused by auspicious works during the Sutak period. The second and last solar eclipse of 2024 will occur on Pitru Visarjan Amavasya. On this day, rituals like Tarpan and Pind Daan are performed for known and unknown ancestors, which gives peace to the ancestors wandering in the spiritual world and are believed to attain salvation. On this day, ancestors are also bid farewell as per the method mentioned in the scriptures. Due to the solar eclipse on the day of Pitru Visarjan Amavasya, the Sutak period starts at 9:13 am. In such a situation, the question arises how to perform Tarpan and Pind Daan for the ancestors on this day.

Eclipse time

Answering all these questions, Haridwar-based astrologer Pandit Shridhar Shastri said that the solar eclipse will begin on October 2, the new moon day of the month of Ashwin, at 9:13 pm and will continue till October 3 at 3:17 am. Sutak Kaal will begin on October 2 at 9:13 am. This solar eclipse of 2024 will take place in the evening as per Indian time, so it will not be visible in the country. This eclipse will be visible in the western countries of the world, America, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Cook, Fiji, Iceland, and the Arctic.

What will be the effect of the eclipse in India?

According to the scriptures, this eclipse will not have any effect on India. Its sutak period will also not be valid. It is said that religious and auspicious actions performed by a person on this day should not be blamed. Religious and auspicious actions performed by the person will bring auspicious results.

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