Next Lunar Eclipse in India — Every Solar and Lunar Eclipse of 2026, Checked for Your City

In 2026 there are four eclipses: an annular surya grahan on 17 February (not visible in India), a total chandra grahan on 3 March (visible in India from moonrise), a total surya grahan on 12 August (not visible in India) and a partial chandra grahan on 28 August (not visible in India). No grahan remains in 2026; the next is the annular surya grahan on 6 February 2027.

Times above are for Delhi. Use the calculator at the top for your own city - the view window and sutak can differ by city.

Most grahan customs are about pausing: food is not cooked or eaten during sutak and the grahan, new work is not begun, and time is given to japa and quiet. After moksha the house is cleaned, everyone bathes, and daan - food, clothes or grain - is given. None of this needs to be followed rigidly by children, the elderly, the unwell or pregnant women; the tradition itself exempts them from the fast and asks only for rest.

For pregnant women, the old advice is to stay indoors, rest, and avoid knives and needles during the grahan. It is a custom of care, not a medical rule, and a doctor's advice always comes first. There is no evidence that an eclipse harms an unborn child; there is every reason to rest and avoid stress on the day.

For eyes, there is one rule that is not custom but plain safety: never look at a surya grahan without certified eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector. Sunglasses, X-ray film and phone screens do not protect the eyes. A chandra grahan is completely safe to look at and is one of the most beautiful sights in the night sky.

Eclipse seasons come about every six months, when the Sun lines up with Rahu and Ketu, the Moon's nodes. Because the nodes move backward through the zodiac, completing a circle in about 18.6 years, the eclipse seasons slip about three weeks earlier each year. That is why grahan fall in February and August one year and in January and July a few years later.

Astronomers also know a longer rhythm, the saros, of about 18 years and 11 days: an eclipse is followed by a very similar one after one saros, shifted about a third of the way around the globe. So a grahan visible from India returns in similar form roughly 54 years later over India again. This is how eclipse dates could be predicted long before telescopes.

This page does not use a fixed list. It recomputes every grahan for the current year and the next each day from the Swiss Ephemeris, so the dates, the sutak and the visibility for your city are always current - this year and every year after.

A grahan happens when the Sun, the Earth and the Moon line up closely enough for one to throw a shadow on another. In a surya grahan (solar eclipse) the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, so it can only happen on an amavasya, the new-moon day. In a chandra grahan (lunar eclipse) the Earth sits between the Sun and the Moon and its shadow falls on the Moon, so it can only happen on a purnima.

If every amavasya and purnima does not bring a grahan, it is because the Moon's path is tilted by about five degrees against the Sun's. The two points where the paths cross are the lunar nodes - Rahu and Ketu in Jyotish. A grahan is possible only when the new or full Moon falls close to Rahu or Ketu, which happens in two "eclipse seasons" a year. That is why most years have four or five eclipses, and why the old stories say Rahu and Ketu swallow the Sun and the Moon.

A surya grahan is total, annular, hybrid or partial depending on how much of the Sun the Moon covers and how far away the Moon is. A chandra grahan is total, partial or penumbral - penumbral when the Moon only brushes the faint outer shadow of the Earth, so faintly that most people never notice it. This page computes every one of them for this year and the next, and then checks which you can actually see from your city.

The key thing to keep in mind: a grahan is a global event, but seeing it is local. A surya grahan is seen only along the Moon's shadow track, often a narrow band; a chandra grahan is seen from wherever the Moon is above the horizon at that time. Two cities in India can have different answers for the same grahan - one sees it at moonrise, the other not at all.

The sutak time for eclipse is the period before a grahan that the tradition treats as impure for ritual work. For a surya grahan it begins four prahar - about twelve hours - before the sparsh (the moment the grahan begins). For a chandra grahan it begins three prahar - about nine hours - before sparsh. It ends with moksha, when the grahan is over, after which a bath and daan are the custom.

Two rules decide whether sutak applies at all. First, sutak is kept only where the grahan is visible. If a surya grahan is seen only over the Atlantic, there is no sutak in India, however much the news talks about it. Second, a penumbral chandra grahan carries no sutak, because the Moon does not actually enter the Earth's dark shadow.

Custom relaxes the sutak rules for children, the elderly, the sick and pregnant women, who may eat and take medicine as needed. Temples close their doors during sutak and open after the purification that follows moksha. Stored food is kept with tulsi leaves in it; fresh food is cooked after the grahan.

On this page the sutak time for eclipse is computed only for grahan visible from your city, from the actual sparsh time, and shown in your local time - so you do not have to convert a Delhi time to Chennai or Kolkata yourself.

Most grahan lists give the time of greatest eclipse in IST and stop there. That time is correct for the world, but it does not tell you whether you will see anything. For a chandra grahan the question is whether the Moon is above your horizon; for a surya grahan it is whether your city lies inside the Moon's shadow and the Sun is above the horizon.

The calculator answers both. It takes your city's latitude and longitude, follows the Moon or the Sun through the whole grahan, and marks the part you can actually see. When the Moon rises while a chandra grahan is already under way, it tells you so and gives the moonrise time as the start of your view. When a total surya grahan elsewhere is only partial from your city, it labels it partial and gives the magnitude - how much of the Sun will be covered.

Pick a city from the chips or type your own. The result updates, and the city is remembered for the next time you visit, so the page always opens on your own sky.

Jyotish reads a grahan against the Moon sign. A grahan that falls in the 3rd, 6th, 10th or 11th sign from your janma rashi is traditionally read as favourable; in the 2nd, 5th, 7th or 9th, as mixed; and in the 1st, 4th, 8th or 12th, as one to be careful with. The result table on this page applies that rule to all twelve rashis for the next grahan you can see.

Read it as weather, not fate. A "careful" grahan asks for patience around its date - no new ventures started on the day, a little more attention to health and money for a couple of weeks. A grahan in your own sign or nakshatra is the one most traditions ask you not to watch, and to spend in japa instead.

What matters far more than one grahan is what your own chart is running: your dasha and the slow transits of Saturn and Jupiter. The grahan only adds emphasis to the house it falls in. If you want the full picture for your chart, the free tools linked below go deeper.

1. Global search. Every surya and chandra grahan in the current and next year is found with the Swiss Ephemeris, the same astronomical engine used by observatories and professional astrology software.

2. Local check. For your city, the Sun's or Moon's altitude is followed through the grahan to find the part above your horizon, and the magnitude for a surya grahan is computed from your coordinates.

3. Tradition applied. Sparsh, madhya and moksha are shown in local time; sutak is added only where it applies; the rashi and nakshatra of the grahan and the phal for all twelve Moon signs follow the classical rules.

This grahan 2026 date and time answers the six questions people search most — chandra grahan 2026, surya grahan 2026, sutak kaal time, eclipse 2026 in india, grahan kab hai — each with the rule behind it. The grahan 2026 date and time above computes your own result free; the sections below explain what it means, and a grahan 2026 date and time that shows its working is one you can check against any astrologer.

Next Lunar Eclipse in India — and Every Eclipse of 2026

The next lunar eclipse is the penumbral chandra grahan on 21 February 2027 (visible in India). The next lunar eclipse in India is only half the story - Grahan 2026 date and time, computed for every eclipse of the year: In 2026 there are four eclipses: an annular surya grahan on 17 February (not visible in India), a total chandra grahan on 3 March (visible in India from moonrise), a total surya grahan on 12 August (not visible in India) and a partial chandra grahan on 28 August (not visible in India). No grahan remains in 2026; the next is the annular surya grahan on 6 February 2027. The result above gives each one's local time for your city and marks which ones you can actually see - the column that decides sutak, temple closures and what you need to plan around.

Lunar Eclipse 2026 — Dates and Visibility in India

Lunar eclipse 2026 in India: Chandra grahan 2026: 2026 has two: a total chandra grahan on 3 March (max 05:03 PM IST, visible in India from moonrise) and a partial chandra grahan on 28 August (max 09:42 AM IST, not visible in India). A chandra grahan is seen from wherever the Moon is above the horizon, so the calculator works out your own moonrise and the part of the grahan you will actually see.

Solar Eclipse 2026 India Time — Where It Is Seen

Solar eclipse 2026 India time: Surya grahan 2026: 2026 has two: an annular surya grahan on 17 February (max 05:41 PM IST, not visible in India) and a total surya grahan on 12 August (max 11:15 PM IST, not visible in India). The next surya grahan visible in India is the total surya grahan on 2 August 2027 (seen as partial from India). A surya grahan is seen only inside the Moon's shadow, which is why most of them never reach India.

Sutak Time for Eclipse — How It Is Counted

Sutak time for eclipse: Sutak kaal time is counted back from sparsh, the moment the grahan begins where you are: about twelve hours for a surya grahan and nine hours for a chandra grahan. It is kept only where the grahan is visible and not at all for a penumbral chandra grahan. The table above shows the sutak start in your local time for every grahan you can see, so there is no need to convert times from another city.

Eclipse Visibility by City — What You Can Actually See

Eclipse visibility by city decides everything. Eclipse 2026 in India: Of the eclipses of 2026, one is visible from India: a total chandra grahan on 3 March (visible in India from moonrise). The next grahan visible in India is the penumbral chandra grahan on 21 February 2027 (visible in India). Because visibility depends on the city, the calculator follows the Moon or the Sun for your coordinates and shows the part above your horizon, not just the global time.

Grahan Kab Hai — Agle Grahan Ki Tareekh

Grahan kab hai ka jawab upar ke card me hai: agla grahan kis din, kitne din baad, aur aapke shehar me dikhega ya nahi. Uske baad saal bhar ki timeline aur har grahan ka sparsh, madhya aur moksha samay hai. Jo grahan aapke shehar me dikhta hai, sirf usi ka sutak lagta hai - aur wahi samay yahan aapke local time me diya gaya hai.

If you came to this grahan 2026 date and time to check a result from another app, compare the degree, not just the sign — two tools using different ayanamsas will disagree by about a sign near boundaries. This grahan 2026 date and time prints Lahiri, the value used, and every intermediate step, so the grahan 2026 date and time result can be verified line by line.