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Total Lunar Eclipse; March 03, 2026, Tuesday, 12 Phalguna, 1947 Saka Era

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A total lunar eclipse will occur on 03^rd March, 2026 (12 Phalguna, 1947 Saka Era). The eclipse is visible from most places of India except from some places of extreme western part of the country. The eclipse will begin at the evening on that day.

Eclipse will be visible in the region covering eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific Ocean and Americas.

Visibility in India:

Most of the places of India will observe the ending of the lunar eclipse at the time of moonrise except some places of North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands where the end of the totality phase of the eclipse will also be visible.

In general, the eclipse will begin at 15 hr 20 min IST and the ending time of the eclipse is18 hr 48 min IST.

The totality of this eclipse will begin at 16 hr 34 min IST and the ending time of the totality of this eclipse is 17 hr 33 min IST.

The magnitude of the eclipse is 1.155.

The next lunar eclipse which will be visible from India is on 6^th July, 2028 and the same is a partial lunar eclipse.

Last lunar eclipse which was visible from India was on 07-08^th September, 2025 and it was a total lunar eclipse.

Lunar Eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the Earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon and when all the three objects are aligned. A total lunar eclipse will occur when the whole Moon comes under the umbral shadow of the Earth and the partial lunar eclipse occurs only when a part of the Moon comes under shadow of the Earth.

The timings of the eclipse for certain places in India are given in the table appended.

This information was given by India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomical Centre, Kolkata.

Places	Moonrise Time (IST)		Umbral phase begins at 15h 20m(IST)	Totality begins at 16 h 34m (IST)	Totality Ends at 17h 33m (IST)	Umbral phase Ends at18 h 48m ( IST)	Duration of eclipse (from Moonrise timeupto the end of umbral phase)
	h	m	h m	h m	h m	h m	h	m
Agartala	17	27	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	21
Ahmadabad	18	44	*	*	*	Visible	0	04
Aijawl	17	20	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	28
Ajmer	18	34	*	*	*	Visible	0	14
Allahabad	18	05	*	*	*	Visible	0	43
Amritsar	18	30	*	*	*	Visible	0	18
Bangalore	18	28	*	*	*	Visible	0	20
Bhagalpur	17	44	*	*	*	Visible	1	04
Bhopal	18	24	*	*	*	Visible	0	24
Bhubaneswar	17	51	*	*	*	Visible	0	57
Cannanore	18	38	*	*	*	Visible	0	10
Chandigarh	18	19	*	*	*	Visible	0	29
Chennai	18	17	*	*	*	Visible	0	31
Cochin	18	35	*	*	*	Visible	0	13
Cooch Behar	17	33	*	*	*	Visible	1	15
Cuttack	17	50	*	*	*	Visible	0	58
Darjeeling	17	37	*	*	*	Visible	1	11
Dehradun	18	17	*	*	*	Visible	0	31
Delhi	18	22	*	*	*	Visible	0	26
Dibrugarh	17	09	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	39
Dwarka	18	59	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gandhinagar	18	44	*	*	*	Visible	0	04
Gangtok	17	36	*	*	*	Visible	1	12
Guwahati	17	24	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	24
Gaya	17	52	*	*	*	Visible	0	56
Haridwar	18	17	*	*	*	Visible	0	31
Hazaribagh	17	51	*	*	*	Visible	0	57
Hubli	18	36	*	*	*	Visible	0	12
Hyderabad	18	22	*	*	*	Visible	0	26
Imphal	17	15	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	33
Itanagar	17	15	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	33
Jaipur	18	29	*	*	*	Visible	0	19
Jalandhar	18	25	*	*	*	Visible	0	23
Jammu	18	29	*	*	*	Visible	0	19
Kanyakumari	18	31	*	*	*	Visible	0	17
Kavalur	18	19	*	*	*	Visible	0	29
Kavaratti	18	48	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kohima	17	13	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	35
Kolhapur	18	40	*	*	*	Visible	0	08
Kolkata	17	39	*	*	*	Visible	1	09
Koraput	18	04	*	*	*	Visible	0	44
Kozikode	18	36	*	*	*	Visible	0	12

* Indicates Moon rises after the corresponding phenomenon (i.e. corresponding phenomenon is not visible)

Places	Moonrise Time (IST)			Umbral phase begins at15h 20m (IST)	Totality begins at 16 h 34m (IST)	Totality Ends at 17h 33m (IST)	Umbral phase Ends at18 h 48m ( IST)	Duration of eclipse (from Moonrise timeupto the end of umbral phase)
		h	m	h m	h m	h m	h m	h	m
Lucknow	18	07		*	*	*	Visible	0	41
Madurai	18	27		*	*	*	Visible	0	21
Mangalore	18	39		*	*	*	Visible	0	09
Midnapore	17	44		*	*	*	Visible	1	04
Mount Abu	18	43		*	*	*	Visible	0	05
Mumbai	18	45		*	*	*	Visible	0	03
Murshidabad	17	38		*	*	*	Visible	1	10
Muzaffarpur	17	50		*	*	*	Visible	0	58
Mysore	18	32		*	*	*	Visible	0	16
Nagpur	18	18		*	*	*	Visible	0	30
Nalgonda	18	19		*	*	*	Visible	0	29
Nasik	18	41		*	*	*	Visible	0	07
Nellore	18	18		*	*	*	Visible	0	30
Nowgong	18	15		*	*	*	Visible	0	33
Panaji	18	40		*	*	*	Visible	0	08
Patna	17	51		*	*	*	Visible	0	57
Pondicherry	18	19		*	*	*	Visible	0	29
Pune	18	41		*	*	*	Visible	0	07
Port Blair	17	27		*	*	Visible	Visible	1	21
Puri	17	51		*	*	*	Visible	0	57
Raipur	18	07		*	*	*	Visible	0	41
Rajamundry	18	07		*	*	*	Visible	0	41
Rajkot	18	52		*	*	*	*	*	*
Ranchi	17	51		*	*	*	Visible	0	57
Sambalpur	17	58		*	*	*	Visible	0	50
Shillong	17	23		*	*	Visible	Visible	1	25
Shimla	18	21		*	*	*	Visible	0	27
Sibsagar	17	11		*	*	Visible	Visible	1	37
Silchar	17	20		*	*	Visible	Visible	1	28
Siliguri	17	37		*	*	*	Visible	1	11
Silvassa	18	44		*	*	*	Visible	0	04
Srinagar	18	28		*	*	*	Visible	0	20
Sringeri	18	36		*	*	*	Visible	0	12
Tamelong	17	15		*	*	Visible	Visible	1	33
Thanjavur	18	23		*	*	*	Visible	0	25
Thiruvanantapuram	18	33		*	*	*	Visible	0	15
Trichur	18	34		*	*	*	Visible	0	14
Udaipur	18	39		*	*	*	Visible	0	09
Ujjain	18	31		*	*	*	Visible	0	17
Vadodara	18	42		*	*	*	Visible	0	06
Varanasi	18	00		*	*	*	Visible	0	48
Vijayawada	18	14		*	*	*	Visible	0	34