🪷 1996 Eclipse Calendar · Sūrya-Grahaṇa + Candra-Grahaṇa

All solar + lunar eclipses for 1996 · per Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles

The 58 Eclipses of 1996

What Eclipses Mean in Sanātana Dharma

Per the Bhāgavata Purāṇa: a grahaṇa (eclipse) is a heightened-resonance moment when the Sun, Moon, and Earth align with the Rāhu-Ketu nodal axis. Traditional observance:

• Fasting from the start to the end of the eclipse (no eating during obscuration)
• Japa — the eclipse-period is said to give 100x or 1000x the effect of mantra-recitation. Especially Mahā-Mṛtyuñjaya, Gāyatrī, Mahā-Mantra.
• No new beginnings — major decisions, contracts, travels, weddings deferred
• Bath after — ritual cleansing once the obscuration is complete
• Dāna — charity to brāhmaṇas, the poor, animals

Cross-References

• Full 1996 Hindu calendar
• Rāhu · the ascending lunar node · the eclipse-shadow
• Ketu · the descending lunar node
• Viśvarūpa-Kāla · BG 11.32 · Krishna's all-devouring Time

🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷