Surya Grahan 2028 (solar eclipses)
Every solar eclipse of 2028 is below, for your city: whether it is seen there, its times, and the vedha, popularly sūtak, with what the texts say.
Annular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in fullAnnular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Not seen from KolkataAnnular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Seen from ChennaiTotal solar eclipse
Saturday, 22 July 2028
Seen as a partial eclipse, from Sat 22 Jul, 06:22 to 07:21.
18:37
07:21
Total solar eclipse
Saturday, 22 July 2028
Seen as a partial eclipse, from Sat 22 Jul, 06:24 to 07:17.
18:48
07:17
Annular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Not seen from AhmedabadAnnular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Not seen from PuneAnnular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Not seen from JaipurAnnular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Not seen from LucknowAnnular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Seen from LondonAnnular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Seen as a partial eclipse, from Wed 26 Jan, 15:36 to 16:36.
04:01
07:48
Annular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Seen as a partial eclipse, from Wed 26 Jan, 09:17 to 10:47.
17:03
10:47
Annular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Seen as a partial eclipse, from Wed 26 Jan, 09:24 to 10:23.
17:17
10:23
Total solar eclipse
Saturday, 22 July 2028
Seen as a total eclipse, from Sat 22 Jul, 12:40 to 15:14.
00:01
15:14
Annular solar eclipse
Wednesday, 26 January 2028
Below the horizon here: an astronomical event only.
The 26 January eclipse in full Seen from SingaporeTotal solar eclipse
Saturday, 22 July 2028
Seen as a partial eclipse, from Sat 22 Jul, 08:34 to 11:03.
19:15
11:03
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 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
Solar eclipse, Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Thursday 27 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028Wednesday 26 January 2028
Annular · each city’s own time Not seen from Delhi: an eclipse below the horizon carries no holy time, no vedha and no rites there. Dharmasindhu p. 26; Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 103–106
Astronomy only: greatest eclipse at Wed 26 Jan, 20:37, Delhi time.
Solar eclipse, Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Friday 21 July 2028Friday 21 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028Saturday 22 July 2028
Total · each city’s own time Not seen from Delhi: an eclipse below the horizon carries no holy time, no vedha and no rites there. Dharmasindhu p. 26; Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 103–106
Astronomy only: greatest eclipse at Sat 22 Jul, 08:25, Delhi time.
Questions
From the Dharmasindhu and the Nirṇaya-sindhu, with the page for each.
When are the solar eclipses in 2028?
Wednesday, 26 January 2028 (annular); Saturday, 22 July 2028 (total). None is seen from Delhi.
Will the 22 July eclipse be seen in India?
From Chennai and Bengaluru among the Indian cities listed here.
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