Buddha Purnima 2023 commemorates the 2585th birthday of Lord Buddha.
The lunar eclipse begins at 8:44 PM and ends at 1:01 AM.
Buddha Purnima falls on May 5 this year and the moon will be eclipsed for a night. This means that unlike the rest of the full moon nights, this night will be fainter. Award-winning science broadcaster Sarika Gharu has informed people that this solar eclipse will begin at 8:44 PM and end at 1:01 AM, making the total duration of the eclipse 4 hours and 18 minutes.
The rest is at 10:52 pm in the evening. This lunar eclipse will be visible from Asia, Australia and Southwestern Europe. About 83 percent of the world’s total population will be able to see part of it, and about 56 percent of people will be able to see the entire eclipse.
Sarika also revealed how a lunar eclipse happens. She said that when the Earth falls between the Sun and the Moon, the Earth’s shadow is cast over the Moon, causing the eclipse. Sarika said that the moon of Buddha Purnima has been called the Flower Moon in Western countries. Native Americans also call it the Budding Moon, Egg Laying Moon, and Plating Moon. The last time a lunar eclipse occurred on Buddha Purnima was on May 26, 2021.
During the solar eclipse, the Moon is at a distance of about 3.8 lakh kilometers from the Earth. Although many believe that this is the shortest distance between the Earth and the Moon, the distance decreases by 20,000 kilometers at the time of the Supermoon effect. Therefore, the natural satellite appears larger than normal during this time.
Buddha Purnima 2023 commemorates the 2585th birthday of Lord Buddha. The Purnima tithi starts at 11:44 PM on May 4 and ends at 11:05 PM on May 5. The day is of great religious importance to Buddhists and others who follow Buddhism. According to the Buddhist texts, it is believed that Gautam Buddha was born in 563 BCE in Lumbini, Nepal and died at the age of 80 in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh in 483 BCE. Although the exact days of his birth and death are still unknown, the birthday is celebrated on the dates prescribed in the scriptures.
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