Eclipses in 2026 — Surya and Chandra Grahan
4 eclipses in 2026; 1 visible from India.
In brief
2026 has 4 eclipses — 2 solar and 2 lunar. 1 can be seen from India (as listed by timeanddate.com): the lunar eclipse of 3 March 2026. An eclipse is a natural, predictable alignment of the Sun, Moon and Earth — for any observance, follow your own family’s practice.
Next eclipse visible from India: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (Chandra Grahan) — Sunday, 21 February 2027, 04:43 IST (greatest eclipse). Details →
Every eclipse of 2026
Annular Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan)
Not visible from India- Greatest eclipse
- Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 17:42 IST
- Type (NASA)
- Annular, magnitude 0.963
- Central phase (NASA)
- up to 2 min 20 s on the central line
- Seen from (NASA)
- s Argentina & Chile, s Africa, Antarctica. [Annular: Antarctica]
- India / Delhi
- Not listed by timeanddate.com as visible from India.
Total Lunar Eclipse (Chandra Grahan)
Visible from India- Greatest eclipse
- Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 17:04 IST
- Type (NASA)
- Total, umbral magnitude 1.151
- How long (NASA)
- partial phase 3 h 27 min, totality 58 min
- Seen from (NASA)
- e Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
- India / Delhi
- Listed by timeanddate.com as visible from India, including Delhi.
Total Solar Eclipse (Surya Grahan)
Not visible from India- Greatest eclipse
- Wednesday, 12 August 2026, 23:16 IST
- Type (NASA)
- Total, magnitude 1.039
- Central phase (NASA)
- up to 2 min 18 s on the central line
- Seen from (NASA)
- n N. America, w Africa, Europe. [Total: Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain]
- India / Delhi
- Not listed by timeanddate.com as visible from India.
Partial Lunar Eclipse (Chandra Grahan)
Not visible from India- Greatest eclipse
- Friday, 28 August 2026, 09:43 IST
- Type (NASA)
- Partial, umbral magnitude 0.930
- How long (NASA)
- partial phase 3 h 18 min
- Seen from (NASA)
- e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
- India / Delhi
- Not listed by timeanddate.com as visible from India.
How these are worked out
The eclipses and the time of greatest eclipse are computed from the real positions of the Sun and Moon, near , and match NASA’s eclipse tables (Fred Espenak) in date and type; the IST time agrees with NASA’s to within a minute. Type, magnitude, durations and the region where each is seen are quoted from NASA; visibility from India and Delhi is quoted from timeanddate.com. We do not list Sutak timings, because we have not found a published rule we can cite and check — your family priest or temple calendar is the right guide for that.
Reading the cards: a solar eclipse’s magnitude is the share of the Sun’s diameter the Moon covers at greatest eclipse (1 or more on the central path of a total eclipse). For a lunar eclipse the umbral magnitude is how far the Moon enters the Earth’s dark inner shadow; a negative value marks a penumbral eclipse, when the Moon passes only through the faint outer shadow and dims slightly.