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Grahan 2027–2028: the next eclipse, its sutak and the exact time for your city

There is no grahan today. The next grahan seen from New Delhi is the partial solar eclipse on Monday, 2 August 2027. Every time below is for New Delhi.

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Next grahan in New Delhi

Partial solar eclipseMonday, 2 August 2027

Elsewhere on Earth: total solar eclipse

  1. Sutak begins3:53 AM
  2. Sparsha (begins)3:53 PM
  3. Madhya (greatest)4:29 PM
  4. Moksha (ends)5:03 PM
Duration
1 h 10 min
Covered
16.9% of the Sun's width, 8.2% of its disc, at the greatest moment
In the sky
Cancer, Pushya nakshatra (pada 4) · with Ketu

Sutak

From 3:53 AM until moksha at 5:03 PM.

Children, the elderly and the unwell are traditionally exempt.

Never look at the Sun directly, even when it is partly covered. Use certified eclipse glasses, or a pinhole projector: look at the image it casts, not through the hole. Never use a telescope, binoculars or a camera lens without a proper solar filter fitted on the front; eclipse glasses are not enough behind them. A livestream is a safe way to watch.

Watch it from New Delhi

The Moon's real path across the Sun, from sparsha to moksha, as seen from New Delhi; the top of the picture is overhead. Drawn from our engine.

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Why a grahan happens

The Moon's path is tilted about 5° to the Sun's, so the two cross at only two points: Rahu and Ketu. A grahan happens only when a new Moon or a full Moon falls close to one of them.

Surya grahan
On a new Moon near Rahu or Ketu, the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and its shadow falls on the Earth.
Chandra grahan
On a full Moon near Rahu or Ketu, the Moon passes into the Earth's shadow. A penumbral eclipse only dims it slightly, a partial one darkens part of it, and in a total eclipse the whole Moon turns copper-red.

Our engine's count: every one of the 10 eclipses of 2027–2028 falls within 16° of Rahu or Ketu. The closest is the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027, just 1.6° from Ketu.

Sun Earth Rahu Ketu Surya grahan Chandra grahan

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Grahan in numbers

Worked out by our engine for this page, and checked facts from NASA and other astronomy sources.

  • 10

    eclipses in 2027–2028; 3 of them are a grahan in New Delhi

    Our engine
  • 35/36

    places across India see the 2 August 2027 eclipse; only Itanagar misses it

    Our engine
  • 54.8%

    of the Sun covered at Kavaratti on 2 August 2027, the highest among the 36 places compared here

    Our engine
  • 1.6°

    from Ketu: the 2 August 2027 eclipse, the closest to a node in 2027–2028

    Our engine
  • Saros 136

    The 2 August 2027 eclipse and the one India saw as total on 22 July 2009 are one eclipse family, 18 years and 11 days apart. 2009 was this century's longest; 2027 is the second-longest.

    NASA · timeanddate
  • 6 min 23 s

    of totality near Luxor, Egypt, on 2 August 2027. No total solar eclipse lasts longer until 3 June 2114.

    NASA · Space.com
  • 20 Mar 2034

    India's next total solar eclipse, in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, including Srinagar and Leh. The last was on 22 July 2009, when Patna saw 3 min 44 s of totality.

    EclipseWise · timeanddate
  • 71 min

    of totality on 31 December 2028, from 9:46 to 10:58 PM IST, seen from every Indian state: the year ends with a copper-red Moon.

    timeanddate · NASA · our engine
  • 1,034 days

    with no total lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth, from 3 March 2026 to 31 December 2028. All three lunar eclipses of 2027 are faint penumbral ones.

    NASA · timeanddate
  • 1868

    Helium was first seen from India: at Guntur, during the eclipse of 18 August 1868, Pierre Janssen found a yellow line in the Sun's light that matched no known element.

    Britannica · APS
  • 499 CE

    Aryabhata, working near today's Patna, gave the true cause of solar and lunar eclipses and a way to calculate them.

    Britannica · MacTutor
  • ~370 years

    On average, one place on Earth sees a total solar eclipse only about once in this long.

    arXiv · Live Science

Partial solar eclipse · Monday, 2 August 2027

Grahan timings across India

The same grahan, city by city. A solar eclipse differs from place to place in its time and in how much of the Sun is covered; a lunar eclipse happens at one moment for everyone and differs only in whether the Moon is up.

CitySparsha (begins)Madhya (greatest) Moksha (ends)CoveredSutak begins
New Delhi 3:53 PM4:29 PM5:03 PM 8.2%3:53 AM
Jaipur 3:50 PM4:31 PM5:10 PM 12.3%3:50 AM
Lucknow 4:01 PM4:34 PM5:06 PM 6.9%4:01 AM
Varanasi 4:05 PM4:38 PM5:09 PM 7%4:05 AM
Patna 4:10 PM4:38 PM5:06 PM 4.8%4:10 AM
Guwahati 4:26 PM4:40 PM4:53 PM 0.6%4:26 AM
Kolkata 4:14 PM4:44 PM5:13 PM 6%4:14 AM
Ujjain 3:51 PM4:37 PM5:20 PM 18.8%3:51 AM
Ahmedabad 3:44 PM4:35 PM5:22 PM 23.9%3:44 AM
Mumbai 3:47 PM4:42 PM5:32 PM 32%3:47 AM
Pune 3:49 PM4:43 PM5:33 PM 31.6%3:49 AM
Hyderabad 3:58 PM4:48 PM5:34 PM 26.8%3:58 AM
Bengaluru 3:58 PM4:53 PM5:44 PM 39%3:58 AM
Chennai 4:02 PM4:54 PM5:42 PM 34.5%4:02 AM
Thiruvananthapuram 4:00 PM4:59 PM5:52 PM 52.7%4:00 AM

All times in IST. Sparsha and the sutak's start are rounded down to the minute and moksha up, so no printed time starts late or ends early; madhya is to the nearest minute.

Across India: how much of the Sun each capital sees covered

36 places from our engine: every state and union-territory capital, Daman and Kanyakumari. Highest among them: Kavaratti (54.8%). Lowest: Kohima (0.1%).

  1. Kavaratti54.8%
  2. Kanyakumari52.9%
  3. Thiruvananthapuram52.7%
  4. Bengaluru39%
  5. Panaji39%
  6. Puducherry38.2%
  7. Chennai34.5%
  8. Mumbai32%
  9. Daman29.1%
  10. Hyderabad26.8%
  11. Amaravati25.8%
  12. Gandhinagar23.4%
  13. Port Blair22.2%
  14. Bhopal16.4%
  15. Raipur14.8%
  16. Jaipur12.3%
  17. Bhubaneswar11.8%
  18. New Delhi8.2%
  19. Ranchi7.6%
  20. Lucknow6.9%
  21. Kolkata6%
  22. Chandigarh6%
  23. Jammu5.5%
  24. Dehradun5.3%
  25. Shimla5.2%
  26. Patna4.8%
  27. Srinagar4.2%
  28. Agartala2.6%
  29. Leh2%
  30. Aizawl2%
  31. Gangtok1%
  32. Shillong0.9%
  33. Imphal0.6%
  34. Dispur0.5%
  35. Kohima0.1%

Not seen from: Itanagar.

Cancer, Pushya nakshatra (pada 4) · with Ketu

How this grahan falls for each rashi

Counted from your Moon sign. Classically, a grahan in the 3rd, 6th, 10th or 11th house from the rashi is favourable for up to six months; in the other houses it asks for care: calm days and no needless risks (Muhurta Chintamani 4.6).

Grahan · New Delhi

All eclipses, 2027–2028

Every eclipse on Earth is here. By the convention this page follows, only one that can be seen from your city, and is more than a penumbral one, is observed as a grahan with sutak.

Grahan 2027 list

  1. 6 February 2027 Surya Grahan

    Annular solar eclipse · Saturday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 9:30 PM

    Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra (pada 1) · with Rahu · 2.9° from Rahu

  2. 21 February 2027 Chandra Grahan

    Penumbral lunar eclipse · Sunday

    Penumbral only · no sutak by the convention used here

    Greatest moment 4:43 AM

    Leo, Magha nakshatra (pada 3) · 11.4° from Ketu

  3. 18 July 2027 Chandra Grahan

    Penumbral lunar eclipse · Sunday

    Penumbral only · no sutak by the convention used here

    Greatest moment 9:33 PM

    Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra (pada 2) · with Rahu · 15.5° from Rahu

  4. 2 August 2027 Surya Grahan

    Total solar eclipse · Monday

    Grahan here · sutak applies

    Seen from New Delhi as a partial solar eclipse

    Sparsha (begins) 3:53 PMMadhya (greatest) 4:29 PMMoksha (ends) 5:03 PM

    Sutak: 3:53 AM – 5:03 PM

    Cancer, Pushya nakshatra (pada 4) · with Ketu · 1.6° from Ketu

  5. 17 August 2027 Chandra Grahan

    Penumbral lunar eclipse · Tuesday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 12:44 PM

    Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra (pada 2) · with Rahu · 12.5° from Rahu

Grahan 2028 list

  1. 12 January 2028 Chandra Grahan

    Partial lunar eclipse · Wednesday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 9:43 AM

    Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra (pada 3) · 10.8° from Ketu

  2. 26 January 2028 Surya Grahan

    Annular solar eclipse · Wednesday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 8:38 PM

    Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra (pada 1) · with Rahu · 3.8° from Rahu

  3. 6 July 2028 Chandra Grahan

    Partial lunar eclipse · Thursday

    Grahan here · sutak applies

    Sparsha (begins) 10:38 PMMadhya (greatest) 11:50 PMMoksha (ends) 1:01 AM, 7 Jul

    Sutak: 6 Jul, 1:38 PM → 7 Jul, 1:01 AM

    Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra (pada 3) · with Rahu · 7.9° from Rahu

  4. 22 July 2028 Surya Grahan

    Total solar eclipse · Saturday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 8:25 AM

    Cancer, Pushya nakshatra (pada 1) · 6.6° from Ketu

  5. 31 December 2028 Chandra Grahan

    Total lunar eclipse · Sunday

    Grahan here · sutak applies

    Sparsha (begins) 8:37 PMMadhya (greatest) 10:22 PMMoksha (ends) 12:07 AM, 1 Jan

    Sutak: 31 Dec, 11:37 AM → 1 Jan, 12:07 AM

    Gemini, Ardra nakshatra (pada 3) · with Ketu · 3.4° from Ketu

Earlier in 2026

  1. 17 February 2026 Surya Grahan

    Annular solar eclipse · Tuesday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 5:42 PM

    Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra (pada 4) · with Rahu · 10.1° from Rahu

  2. 3 March 2026 Chandra Grahan

    Total lunar eclipse · Tuesday

    Grahan here · sutak applies

    Sparsha (begins) 3:20 PM Moon below the horizonMadhya (greatest, worldwide) 5:04 PM Moon below the horizonMoksha (ends) 6:48 PM

    Visible from New Delhi 6:22 PM (moonrise) – 6:48 PMGreatest seen from New Delhi 6:22 PM, at moonrise · 37.7% of the Moon's width in the Earth's shadow

    Total lunar eclipse worldwide; from New Delhi only the partial phase is seen, from moonrise.

    Sutak: 6:20 AM – 6:48 PM

    Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra (pada 2) · with Ketu · 3.9° from Ketu

  3. 12 August 2026 Surya Grahan

    Total solar eclipse · Wednesday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 11:16 PM

    Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra (pada 3) · with Jupiter · 9.8° from Ketu

  4. 28 August 2026 Chandra Grahan

    Partial lunar eclipse · Friday

    Not visible here · no sutak

    Greatest moment 9:43 AM

    Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra (pada 2) · with Rahu · 5.0° from Rahu

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Grahan and sutak: the rules we follow

Sparsha, madhya, moksha
The grahan begins at sparsha, is greatest at madhya and ends at moksha. Every time on this page is one of these three, or the sutak.
Sutak
12 hours before the sparsha of a solar eclipse and 9 hours before that of a lunar eclipse, until moksha (Dharmasindhu: four yamas for the Sun, three for the Moon).
Only where it is seen
A grahan and its sutak are kept only where the eclipse is above the horizon; clouds do not change that. Where it cannot be seen at all, the day is an ordinary day.
Penumbral eclipse
It is still an eclipse in astronomy: the Moon passes only through the Earth's faint outer shadow and dims a little. Under the sutak convention this page follows, it brings no sutak and no observances.
Who is exempt
Children, the elderly and the unwell are traditionally exempt.
During and after
Traditionally the grahan is a time for japa, prayer and quiet; after moksha, a bath, fresh water and food, and daan.

OfficialAstrology™

How we calculate

Our own engine
Every eclipse is worked out in-house from NASA JPL's planetary positions, the same ones our panchang and kundli use.
Checked against NASA
Every contact of the lunar eclipses of 2027–2028 agrees with NASA's published figures within 3.2 seconds, and sparsha and moksha within 1.2 seconds; the one exception is the barely-there penumbral eclipse of 18 July 2027, whose faint edges differ by about 30 seconds. For the solar eclipse of 2 August 2027, sparsha and moksha agree within 4.3 seconds in eight Indian cities. The checks are in the table below.
Seen from your city
A solar eclipse is computed as seen from the city itself; a lunar eclipse counts as visible when the Moon is up during it. Where the Moon or the Sun rises or sets during the eclipse, the contacts below the horizon are marked and the part you can see is given separately.
Rounded to the minute
Contacts are found to the second. A start (sparsha, the sutak's start) is printed rounded down to the minute and an end (moksha, the sutak's end) rounded up, so a printed grahan never starts late or ends early; madhya is to the nearest minute.

The check, contact by contact

Both sets on Terrestrial Time (TT), the uniform time scale eclipse tables are computed on, so the difference is the calculation alone. Printed is what this page shows.

Eclipse and contactNASAOursDifferencePrinted (IST)
31 Dec 2028, total lunar · U1, sparsha15:07:35 UT + 76.9 s = 15:08:51.915:08:51.5−0.4 s8:37 PM
31 Dec 2028, total lunar · U4, moksha18:36:24 UT + 76.9 s = 18:37:40.918:37:42.0+1.1 s12:07 AM
6 Jul 2028, partial lunar · U1, sparsha17:08:51 UT + 76.5 s = 17:10:07.517:10:08.3+0.8 s10:38 PM
6 Jul 2028, partial lunar · U4, moksha19:30:21 UT + 76.5 s = 19:31:37.519:31:37.8+0.3 s1:01 AM
2 Aug 2027, solar · C1, sparsha · New Delhi 28.6139° N 77.2090° E10:24:50.010:24:54.3+4.3 s3:53 PM
2 Aug 2027, solar · C4, moksha · New Delhi11:34:07.111:34:05.5−1.6 s5:03 PM
2 Aug 2027, solar · C1, sparsha · Mumbai 19.0760° N 72.8777° E10:18:33.810:18:37.1+3.3 s3:47 PM
2 Aug 2027, solar · C4, moksha · Mumbai12:02:41.712:02:41.1−0.6 s5:32 PM

U1 and U4: the Moon's edge enters and leaves the Earth's dark shadow (sparsha and moksha of a lunar grahan; the same moment everywhere). C1 and C4: the Moon's edge first and last touches the Sun's, seen from the place.

Ours: NASA JPL's DE440s ephemeris, the Moon's radius 1,737.4 km, the Earth's shadow enlarged by Danjon's rule, clock time UTC = TT − 69.184 s. NASA's lunar sheets (F. Espenak): VSOP87/ELP2000-85, Danjon's rule, printed in UT with ΔT = 76.9 s and 76.5 s (the TD − UT of their greatest eclipse); we add it back. NASA's solar figures: the eclipse's Besselian elements, worked out for these coordinates by NASA's own method (SEcirc); they use a slightly larger Moon (k = 0.2725), which accounts for about 1.5 s of the solar difference.

This checks the calculation, not what the eye will see: the edge of the Earth's shadow is soft, so by eye a lunar contact can seem a minute or more off, and clouds or a low horizon can hide any eclipse.

Sources: NASA: lunar eclipse of 31 Dec 2028 · NASA: lunar eclipse of 6 Jul 2028 · NASA: solar eclipse of 2 Aug 2027, Besselian elements

Questions

Questions about grahan

When is the next grahan? Is there one today?

There is no grahan today. The next grahan seen from New Delhi is the partial solar eclipse on Monday, 2 August 2027: sparsha 3:53 PM, moksha 5:03 PM.

Will the 2 August 2027 solar eclipse be visible in India? In which cities?

Yes, as a partial eclipse in the afternoon across almost all of India; only the far north-east misses it. It is total only along a narrow path through southern Spain, North Africa and Arabia. The further south you are in India, the more of the Sun is covered: about 8% of the disc from New Delhi, 32% from Mumbai, 39% from Bengaluru and 53% from Thiruvananthapuram. Monsoon clouds may hide it; the sutak is kept all the same. The city table above gives every time.

What time will the grahan start and end in my city?

Every time on this page is for the city named at the top, New Delhi now. Choose your own city with ‘Change city’, or see the table of 15 Indian cities.

When does the sutak begin and end?

12 hours before the sparsha of a solar eclipse and 9 hours before that of a lunar eclipse, until moksha. It applies only where the eclipse can be seen.

Is sutak observed if the grahan is not visible in my city?

No. A grahan and its sutak are kept only where the eclipse is seen. That is why this page marks every eclipse as a grahan or not for your own city.

Is there sutak for a penumbral (upchhaya) lunar eclipse?

It is an astronomical eclipse: the Moon passes only through the Earth's faint outer shadow and dims a little. Under the sutak convention used on this page, penumbral-only eclipses do not trigger sutak.

How many eclipses are there in 2027–2028, and which are a grahan here?

2027: 5 eclipses (2 solar, 3 lunar); a grahan in New Delhi: 2 Aug. 2028: 5 eclipses (2 solar, 3 lunar); a grahan in New Delhi: 6 Jul, 31 Dec.

What do families traditionally avoid during the sutak and the grahan?

Customs differ between families and regions. Commonly, cooking and eating pause during the sutak, cooked food and water are kept covered with tulsi leaves, temple doors close and new work is not begun. Many spend the time in japa, prayer or quiet. Children, the elderly and the unwell are traditionally exempt.

What is done after the grahan ends?

After moksha it is customary to bathe, put on fresh clothes, sprinkle Ganga jal at home, cook fresh food and give daan. Temples reopen after they are cleaned, usually soon after moksha.

What do families traditionally advise expecting mothers during a grahan?

Many families ask expecting mothers to stay indoors and rest quietly during the grahan, a custom handed down through generations. For any question about health, your doctor is the right person to ask.

How can I watch a solar eclipse safely?

Never look at the Sun directly, even when only a little of it is covered, and not through sunglasses. Use certified solar viewers (ISO 12312-2), or a pinhole projector: look at the image it casts on paper or the ground, never through the hole. Never point a telescope, binoculars or a camera at the Sun without a certified solar filter fitted on the front; eclipse glasses do not protect you behind magnifying optics. Watching a livestream is safe. A lunar eclipse is safe to watch with the eyes alone, or through binoculars.

In which rashi and nakshatra is the next grahan?

The partial solar eclipse of Monday, 2 August 2027 falls in Cancer, Pushya nakshatra (pada 4), with Ketu. How it falls for each rashi, counted from the Moon sign, is shown above.

The 31 December 2028 lunar eclipse ends after midnight. Which date is it?

It begins on the night of 31 December 2028 and ends at 12:07 AM on 1 January 2029 (IST). The panchang's day runs from sunrise to sunrise, so it is the grahan of 31 December.

What do sparsha, madhya and moksha mean?

Sparsha is the moment the grahan begins, madhya the moment it is greatest, and moksha the moment it ends.

How accurate are these times?

They come from our own engine and agree with NASA's eclipse figures within a few seconds; the checks, with sources, are under ‘How we calculate’. A start is printed rounded down to the minute and an end rounded up, so a printed grahan never starts late or ends early; madhya is to the nearest minute.

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