🪷 2016 Eclipse Calendar · Sūrya-Grahaṇa + Candra-Grahaṇa

All solar + lunar eclipses for 2016 · 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 63 Eclipses of 2016

DateTypeVisibilityNotes
2016-01-01solarGlobal
2016-01-01lunarGlobal
2016-01-15solarGlobal
2016-01-15lunarGlobal
2016-01-28solarGlobal
2016-01-28lunarGlobal
2016-02-11solarGlobal
2016-02-11lunarGlobal
2016-02-24solarGlobal
2016-02-24lunarGlobal
2016-03-09solarGlobal
2016-03-09lunarGlobal
2016-03-22solarGlobal
2016-03-22lunarGlobal
2016-03-23lunarGlobal
2016-04-05lunarGlobal
2016-04-06solarGlobal
2016-04-06lunarGlobal
2016-04-19solarGlobal
2016-04-19lunarGlobal
2016-05-03solarGlobal
2016-05-03lunarGlobal
2016-05-16solarGlobal
2016-05-16lunarGlobal
2016-05-30solarGlobal
2016-05-30lunarGlobal
2016-06-12solarGlobal
2016-06-12lunarGlobal
2016-06-26solarGlobal
2016-06-26lunarGlobal
2016-07-09solarGlobal
2016-07-09lunarGlobal
2016-07-23lunarGlobal
2016-07-24lunarGlobal
2016-08-05solarGlobal
2016-08-05lunarGlobal
2016-08-06lunarGlobal
2016-08-20solarGlobal
2016-08-20lunarGlobal
2016-09-01lunarGlobal
2016-09-02solarGlobal
2016-09-02lunarGlobal
2016-09-16solarGlobal
2016-09-16lunarGlobal
2016-09-29solarGlobal
2016-09-29lunarGlobal
2016-10-13solarGlobal
2016-10-13lunarGlobal
2016-10-26solarGlobal
2016-10-26lunarGlobal
2016-11-09solarGlobal
2016-11-09lunarGlobal
2016-11-10lunarGlobal
2016-11-22solarGlobal
2016-11-22lunarGlobal
2016-11-23lunarGlobal
2016-12-06lunarGlobal
2016-12-07solarGlobal
2016-12-07lunarGlobal
2016-12-19solarGlobal
2016-12-19lunarGlobal
2016-12-20solarGlobal
2016-12-20lunarGlobal

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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