Rakhi, Shravan Poornima and Eclipse August 2009 Astrology

Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan (Sister Brother Day) falls on full moon day (August 5th 2009) in Luni-solar calendar month of Shravana (Shrawan, Shavan or Shravan). This is the day of Shravan Poornima (Purnima), the day in which moon is in Shravana nakshatra according to Vedic astrology. It is a day on which brothers and sisters renew their love and affection for each other. Bhadra Karan ( inauspicious time) on that day in Panchang is over after five PM all over India.

There will be a penumbral lunar eclipse on that night. The planetary positions for the August 6th eclipses are given in the table here (OO:40 UT). The eclipse point in August 6th eclipse is nineteen degrees Capricorn moon and nineteen degrees cancer Sun.The path of visibility of the eclipse is shown in the figure below. The effect of this eclipse on different Zodiac signs of individuals and nations are available in our other blogs.

Sun	28° Ari 34' 00"(w)	04° Ari 23' 18"(v)
Moon	24° Leo 33' 51"(w)	00° Leo 22' 08"(v)
Mercury	18° Ari 12' 28" R(w)	24° Pis 00' 46" R(v)
Venus	16° Ari 00' 39"(w)	21° Pis 48' 57"(v)
Mars	20° Pis 19' 30"(w)	26° Aqu 07' 48"(v)
Jupiter	21° Tau 09' 06"(w)	26° Ari 57' 23"(v)
Saturn	15° Pis 25' 45"(w)	21° Aqu 14' 03"(v)
Uranus	21° Tau 40' 03"(w)	27° Ari 28' 21"(v)
Neptune	28° Pis 31' 03"(w)	04° Pis 19' 21"(v)
Pluto	02° Aqu 03' 12"(w)	07° Cap 51' 30"(v)
Chiron	19° Ari 57' 29"(w)	25° Pis 45' 47"(v)
TrueNode	15° Ari 35' 02"(w)	21° Pis 23' 20"(v)
	00° Ari 00' 00"(w)	05° 48' 18"(v)

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