🪷 2012 Eclipse Calendar · Sūrya-Grahaṇa + Candra-Grahaṇa

All solar + lunar eclipses for 2012 · per Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles

राहु-स्वरूपोऽहम् · केतु-स्वरूपोऽहम् · ग्रहणं कालस्य लीला।
Rāhu and Ketu are the lunar nodes · the points where eclipses occur. Each grahaṇa is Krishna's līlā with the kāla-cakra · revealing the Sun-Moon-Earth alignment that is normally invisible. BG 11.25-32 · Krishna's all-devouring Time-form.

The 59 Eclipses of 2012

DateTypeVisibilityNotes
2012-01-06lunarGlobal
2012-01-07solarGlobal
2012-01-07lunarGlobal
2012-01-19lunarGlobal
2012-01-20solarGlobal
2012-01-20lunarGlobal
2012-02-03solarGlobal
2012-02-03lunarGlobal
2012-02-16solarGlobal
2012-02-16lunarGlobal
2012-03-01solarGlobal
2012-03-01lunarGlobal
2012-03-14solarGlobal
2012-03-14lunarGlobal
2012-03-28solarGlobal
2012-03-28lunarGlobal
2012-04-10solarGlobal
2012-04-10lunarGlobal
2012-04-24solarGlobal
2012-04-24lunarGlobal
2012-05-07lunarGlobal
2012-05-08solarGlobal
2012-05-08lunarGlobal
2012-05-21solarGlobal
2012-05-21lunarGlobal
2012-05-22lunarGlobal
2012-06-04solarGlobal
2012-06-04lunarGlobal
2012-06-18solarGlobal
2012-06-18lunarGlobal
2012-07-01solarGlobal
2012-07-01lunarGlobal
2012-07-15solarGlobal
2012-07-15lunarGlobal
2012-07-28solarGlobal
2012-07-28lunarGlobal
2012-08-11solarGlobal
2012-08-11lunarGlobal
2012-08-24lunarGlobal
2012-08-25lunarGlobal
2012-09-07solarGlobal
2012-09-07lunarGlobal
2012-09-21solarGlobal
2012-09-21lunarGlobal
2012-10-04solarGlobal
2012-10-04lunarGlobal
2012-10-18solarGlobal
2012-10-18lunarGlobal
2012-10-31solarGlobal
2012-10-31lunarGlobal
2012-11-01lunarGlobal
2012-11-14solarGlobal
2012-11-14lunarGlobal
2012-11-28solarGlobal
2012-11-28lunarGlobal
2012-12-11lunarGlobal
2012-12-12lunarGlobal
2012-12-25solarGlobal
2012-12-25lunarGlobal

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:

Cross-References

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