🪷 2024 Eclipse Calendar · Sūrya-Grahaṇa + Candra-Grahaṇa
All solar + lunar eclipses for 2024 · per Sūrya-Siddhānta first-principles
The 57 Eclipses of 2024
| Date | Type | Visibility | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-04 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-01-05 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-01-05 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-01-18 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-01-18 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-02-01 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-02-01 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-02-14 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-02-14 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-02-28 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-02-28 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-03-12 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-03-12 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-03-26 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-03-26 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-04-08 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-04-09 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-04-22 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-04-22 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-04-23 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-05-06 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-05-06 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-05-20 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-05-20 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-06-02 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-06-02 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-06-16 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-06-16 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-06-29 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-06-29 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-07-13 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-07-13 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-07-26 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-07-27 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-08-09 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-08-09 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-08-23 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-08-23 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-09-05 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-09-05 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-09-19 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-09-19 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-10-02 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-10-03 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-10-03 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-10-16 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-10-16 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-10-30 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-10-30 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-11-12 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-11-12 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-11-26 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-11-26 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-12-10 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-12-10 | lunar | Global | |
| 2024-12-23 | solar | Global | |
| 2024-12-23 | lunar | Global |
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 2024 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
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