Grahan: every eclipse to 2028
Every solar and lunar eclipse from 2026 to 2028 is below, with which are seen from India and each one’s state for your city.
Next eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Delhi: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in fullNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Mumbai: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from KolkataNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Kolkata: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from ChennaiNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Chennai: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from BengaluruNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Bengaluru: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from HyderabadNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Hyderabad: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from AhmedabadNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Ahmedabad: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from PuneNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Pune: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from JaipurNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Jaipur: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from LucknowNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Lucknow: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from LondonNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from London: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from New York CityNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from New York City: Tuesday 11 January 2028
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from TorontoNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Toronto: Tuesday 11 January 2028
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from SydneyNext eclipse: annular solar
Sunday, 7 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Sydney: Friday 7 July 2028
The 7 February eclipse in full Not seen from DubaiNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Dubai: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in full Not seen from SingaporeNext eclipse: annular solar
Saturday, 6 February 2027
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The next grahan seen from Singapore: Monday 2 August 2027
The 6 February eclipse in fullTo watch a solar eclipse, use certified eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector; never look at the Sun directly, through cloth or in water.
Every eclipse, 2026 to 2028
Each city’s own time| Date | Eclipse | From India | From Delhi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 17 February 2026 | Annular solar | Not seen | Not seen |
| Tuesday, 3 March 2026 | Total lunar | Seen | Seen, partial |
| Wednesday, 12 August 2026 | Total solar | Not seen | Not seen |
| Friday, 28 August 2026 | Partial lunar | Not seen | Not seen |
| Saturday, 6 February 2027 | Annular solar | Not seen | Not seen |
| Sunday, 21 February 2027 | Penumbral lunar | Penumbral, not reckoned | Penumbral, not reckoned |
| Sunday, 18 July 2027 | Penumbral lunar | Penumbral, not reckoned | Penumbral, not reckoned |
| Monday, 2 August 2027 | Total solar | Seen | Seen, partial |
| Tuesday, 17 August 2027 | Penumbral lunar | Penumbral, not reckoned | Penumbral, not reckoned |
| Wednesday, 12 January 2028 | Partial lunar | Not seen | Not seen |
| Wednesday, 26 January 2028 | Annular solar | Not seen | Not seen |
| Thursday, 6 July 2028 | Partial lunar | Seen | Seen, partial |
| Saturday, 22 July 2028 | Total solar | Seen from 2 of 10 cities | Not seen |
| Sunday, 31 December 2028 | Total lunar | Seen | Seen, total |
“From India” counts the ten Indian cities listed here. Solar eclipses; lunar eclipses.
What counts as an eclipse here
Only an eclipse fit to be seen with the eye has a holy time. Where the body sets eclipsed there is none after the setting, and where it rises eclipsed none before the rising. Dharmasindhu p. 26; Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 103–106
Clouds do not cancel it: the contact and release times are taken from the computation, and the bath and gifts go ahead. Dharmasindhu p. 26; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 106
A penumbral lunar eclipse has no shadow bite, so by our reading of the Dharmasindhu’s “fit to be seen” it is not reckoned as a grahaṇa. For a lunar eclipse, the contacts that count are the umbral ones. Dharmasindhu p. 26
Questions
From the Dharmasindhu and the Nirṇaya-sindhu, with the page for each.
Which eclipses are seen from India from 2026 to 2028?
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, a total lunar eclipse; Monday, 2 August 2027, a total solar eclipse; Thursday, 6 July 2028, a partial lunar eclipse; Saturday, 22 July 2028, a total solar eclipse; Sunday, 31 December 2028, a total lunar eclipse. The others are below the horizon from India or penumbral.
Is a penumbral eclipse a grahan?
By our reading, no. A penumbral eclipse has no shadow bite, so it is not “fit to be seen” as the Dharmasindhu asks, and it carries no vedha and no rites. Dharmasindhu p. 26
How can I watch it safely?
To watch a solar eclipse, use certified eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector; never look at the Sun directly, through cloth or in water.
What do the texts say to do during an eclipse?
They give the order: bathe at the first contact; homa, worship and śrāddha in the middle; gifts while it releases; and the bath after the release. Dharmasindhu p. 26; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 92
How the eclipses are found
Read the methodology- The eclipses
- Every solar and lunar eclipse whose greatest phase falls in the year, with each city’s own contacts.
- What counts
- Only an eclipse fit to be seen at the city. One below the horizon throughout, or a penumbral one, is astronomy only there.
- The vedha
- Whole praharas, quarters of the city’s own day and night, before the prahara of the first contact seen there.
- By birth sign
- The eclipsed body’s sidereal sign and star at greatest eclipse, by the Lahiri ayanamsa, which is our reading.
Lahiri ayanamsa for the sign and star · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method