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

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Kolkata; February 2026: A total lunar eclipse will occur on 03rd 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 15:20 hours (IST) and the ending time of the eclipse is 18:48 hours (IST).

The totality of this eclipse will begin at 16:34 hours (IST) and the ending time of the totality of this eclipse is 17:33 hours (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 07th – 08th September, 2025 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:

Places	Moon rise Time (IST)				Umbral phase begins at 15:20 (IST)	Totality begins at 16:34 (IST)	Totality Ends at 17:33 (IST)	Umbral phase Ends at 18:48 (IST)	Duration of eclipse (from Moonrise time upto the end of umbral phase)
	H			M	H M	H M	H M		H	M
Agartala	17			27	*	*	Visible	Visible	1	21
Ahmadabad	18			44	*	*	*	Visible	0	04
Aizawl	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
Kozhikode	18			36	*	*	*	Visible	0	12
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
Rajahmundry		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
Thiruvananthapuram		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