Every upcoming solar and lunar eclipse, with the local Sparsha, peak and Moksha times and the Sutak Kaal window drawn straight from the classical rule — computed from real sidereal positions, not a generic date table.
Timings shown for Lucknow (26.85 N, 80.95 E). Sutak start varies slightly by city.
Solar and lunar eclipses in date order, with the local contact times and — where the eclipse is visible here — the Sutak window. Times shown for Lucknow.
| Date | Type | Local timing (Sparsha · Peak · Moksha) | Sutak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 12 August 2026 | ☉Total Solar | 9:04 PM – 11:15 PM – 1:27 AM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Friday, 28 August 2026 | ☾Partial Lunar | 6:53 AM – 9:42 AM – 12:31 PM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Saturday, 6 February 2027 | ☉Annular Solar | 6:27 PM – 9:29 PM – 12:31 AM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Saturday, 20 February 2027 | ☾Penumbral Lunar | 2:42 AM – 4:42 AM – 6:43 AM | Sutak from 5:42 PM · 20 Feb |
| Sunday, 18 July 2027 | ☾Penumbral Lunar | 9:27 PM – 9:33 PM – 9:38 PM | Sutak from 12:27 PM · 18 Jul |
| Monday, 2 August 2027 | ☉Total Solar | 1:00 PM – 3:36 PM – 6:13 PM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Tuesday, 17 August 2027 | ☾Penumbral Lunar | 10:54 AM – 12:43 PM – 2:33 PM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Wednesday, 12 January 2028 | ☾Partial Lunar | 7:37 AM – 9:43 AM – 11:48 AM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Wednesday, 26 January 2028 | ☉Annular Solar | 5:36 PM – 8:37 PM – 11:38 PM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Thursday, 6 July 2028 | ☾Partial Lunar | 9:14 PM – 11:49 PM – 2:25 AM | Sutak from 12:14 PM · 6 Jul |
| Saturday, 22 July 2028 | ☉Total Solar | 5:57 AM – 8:25 AM – 10:53 AM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
| Sunday, 14 January 2029 | ☉Partial Solar | 8:32 PM – 10:42 PM – 12:52 AM | Not visible here — no Sutak |
Local date rolls over past midnight for eclipses whose contact times fall after 12 a.m. Sutak applies only where the eclipse is above the horizon (drishya) at your location.
A plain-language guide to the eclipse discipline — why the tradition asks you to pause, and how the window is timed.
Sutak is the stretch of caution observed around an eclipse. Tradition asks you to hold off on new undertakings, keep food light or fast, and turn the time toward prayer, japa and stillness. It is a reset — the sky changing, and you changing with it — rather than an omen to fear.
The window opens a set number of yamas (praharas) before the eclipse first contact and closes when the eclipse ends. Convention counts four yamas before a solar eclipse and three before a lunar one. A yama is one-eighth of the day-and-night cycle, so its exact length — and the Sutak start — shifts a little with place and season.
By the drishya rule, Sutak is kept only where the eclipse is genuinely visible in the sky. If the eclipse is below your horizon, the restriction is not observed at your place — which is why every timing here is anchored to a location, and why the same eclipse can carry Sutak in one city and none in another.
The tradition never asks the vulnerable to go without. Children, the elderly and the unwell are exempt from Sutak fasting — they may take food and medicine as they need through the eclipse. After Moksha, a bath (snana) marks the close of the period.
The Sutak timings above are computed from the Swiss Ephemeris and read against the classical rule below — a cited calculation you can check, not a generic lookup.
A calendar tells you when the eclipse falls. Whether it touches your chart — and what to steady while it passes — I read from where it lands on your own Moon and dasha. If you'd like me to look, write to me and tell me your birth details.
Planning around the day itself? See today's Panchang for the tithi, nakshatra and muhurta windows.