Question: This 21st June is solar eclipse and half day fasting due to the appearance day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. How can we observe that fasting? Kindly guide us.

Jayapataka Swami: I think it is the disappearance day of Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura. Anyway, during the solar eclipse we should not eat. So apparently the solar eclipse is like from – approximately, you can check, 10.30 or 11 to 2. We normally fast until midday anyway,so now we fast a little longer.
17-June-2020 SRI DHAM MAYAPUR, INDIA