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A Bris on a cloudy day:[1] [Talmud/Achronim]
It is dangerous to circumcise a child on a cloudy day, and hence in previous times people would push off the circumcision if it was a cloudy day.[2] Nonetheless, today the populace is no longer careful in this matter, and therefore it is permitted and an obligation to circumcise a child even on cloudy day.[3]
______________________________[1] See Igros Kodesh 6:196; 9:79; Shulchan Menachem 5:116
[2] Rav Papa in Yevamos 72a; Beis Yosef Y.D. 262 in name of Ritva on Yevamos ibid in name of Ra’ah
[3] Setimas Kol Haposkim who all omit this law of Yoma Deiva [i.e. Michaber in his Shulchan Aruch; Rif, Rambam, Rosh]
Other opinions: Some Poskim rule that one who desires to be stringent and not rely on Shomer Pesaim Hashem, may delay the Bris if it is a cloudy day. [Beis Yosef Y.D. 262 in name of Ritva on Yevamos ibid in name of Ra’ah]
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