Partial Lunar Eclipse

Chandra Grahan 12 January 2028

A partial lunar eclipse on 12 January 2028: not visible from Kathmandu, and not visible from Delhi.

Type
Partial Lunar Eclipse
Greatest eclipse
04:13 UTC
Whole event
02:07 to 06:18 UTC, 4 h 11 min
Visible from
6 of our 63 cities

Local times

Times are local to each city. Where the eclipse is already under way at moonrise or sunrise, or still under way at setting, only the visible part is given.

CityVisibleGreatestMagnitudeSutak from
London02:07 to 06:1804:130.0711 Jan, 17:07
New York21:07 to 01:1823:130.0711 Jan, 12:07
Toronto21:07 to 01:1823:130.0711 Jan, 12:07
San Francisco18:07 to 22:1820:130.0711 Jan, 09:07
Dubai06:07 to 04:00below horizon·not kept
Doha05:07 to 04:00below horizon·not kept

Not visible from: Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Birgunj, Bharatpur, Butwal, Dharan, Janakpur, Nepalgunj, Dhangadhi, Hetauda, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna, Bhopal, Indore, Chandigarh, Surat, Nagpur, Kanpur, Noida, Gurugram, Ujjain, Haridwar, Mathura, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Gaya, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Raipur, Dehradun, Amritsar, Vadodara, Rajkot, Nashik, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mysuru, Sydney, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore.

Sutak and tradition

Sutak, the period before an eclipse, begins nine hours (three prahars) before the eclipse starts, and lasts until it ends. Traditionally temples close, cooked food is set aside, and prayers and mantras are recited until the eclipse is over, followed by a bath and charity. Sutak applies only where the eclipse can be seen.

A lunar eclipse is safe to watch with the naked eye.

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Calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris, which matches NASA's eclipse predictions to within a minute.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Chandra Grahan of 12 January 2028 visible in Nepal?
It is not visible from Kathmandu.
Is the Chandra Grahan of 12 January 2028 visible in India?
It is not visible from Delhi.
When does sutak begin?
Where the eclipse is visible, sutak begins nine hours before the eclipse starts there. The table gives the time for each city.