**Executive Summary**
This document announces a total lunar eclipse occurring on March 3, 2026 (12 Phalguna, 1947 Saka Era), and provides visibility details for India and other regions. The eclipse will begin in India at 15:20 IST and end at 18:48 IST. The document also includes a table with specific timings for various cities in India.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Eclipse Details:**
* The total lunar eclipse will occur on March 3, 2026.
* The eclipse is visible from most places in India except for some areas in the extreme western part.
* It will also be visible in eastern Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and the Americas.
* **Visibility in India:**
* Most places in India will observe the ending of the eclipse at moonrise.
* In North-East India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the end of the totality phase will be visible.
* The totality of the eclipse begins at 16:34 IST and ends at 17:33 IST.
* **Timings:**
* The eclipse will generally begin at 15:20 IST and end at 18:48 IST.
* The document includes a table with moonrise time, umbral phase begin and end times, totality phase begin and end times, and duration of the eclipse for various cities in India.
* **Other Information:**
* The magnitude of the eclipse is 1.155.
* The next lunar eclipse visible from India will be a partial lunar eclipse on July 6, 2028.
* The last visible lunar eclipse from India was a total lunar eclipse on September 7-8, 2025.
**Impact Analysis**
**General Public:**
* **Impact:** The general public, particularly those interested in astronomy or residing in areas where the eclipse is visible, will be affected.
* **Action Required:** Those interested can observe the eclipse on March 3, 2026, using the provided timings for their location.
**India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomical Centre, Kolkata:**
* **Impact:** The information provided by the India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomical Centre, Kolkata is released to the public.
* **Action Required:** The India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomical Centre, Kolkata has already taken the action of gathering and sharing relevant information.
Key Entities Referenced
India: Country for which eclipse visibility details are provided.
Ministry of Earth Sciences: The ministry issuing the information on the lunar eclipse.
Asia: Continent where the eclipse will be visible.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Total Lunar Eclipse; March 03, 2026, Tuesday, 12
Phalguna, 1947 Saka Era
Posted On: 26 FEB 2026 3:51PM by PIB Delhi
A total lunar eclipse will occur on 03rd March, 2026 (12 Phalguna, 1947 Saka Era). The eclipse is
visible from most places of India except from some places of extreme western part of the country.
The eclipse will begin at the evening on that day.
Eclipse will be visible in the region covering eastern Asia, Australia, Pacific Ocean and Americas.
Visibility in India:
Most of the places of India will observe the ending of the lunar eclipse at the time of moonrise
except some places of North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands where the end of
the totality phase of the eclipse will also be visible.
In general, the eclipse will begin at 15 hr 20 min IST and the ending time of the eclipse is18 hr 48 min
IST.
The totality of this eclipse will begin at 16 hr 34 min IST and the ending time of the totality of this
eclipse is 17 hr 33 min IST.
The magnitude of the eclipse is 1.155.
The next lunar eclipse which will be visible from India is on 6th July, 2028 and the same is a partial
lunar eclipse.
Last lunar eclipse which was visible from India was on 07-08th September, 2025 and it was a total
lunar eclipse.
Lunar Eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the Earth comes in between the Sun and the Moon
and when all the three objects are aligned. A total lunar eclipse will occur when the whole Moon
comes under the umbral shadow of the Earth and the partial lunar eclipse occurs only when a part of
the Moon comes under shadow of the Earth.
The timings of the eclipse for certain places in India are given in the table appended.
This information was given by India Meteorological Department, Positional Astronomical Centre,
Kolkata.Places Moonrise Umbral Totality Totality Umbral Duration
Time phase begins Ends at phase of
(IST) begins at 16 h 17h Ends at eclipse
at 15h 34m 33m (from
18 h
20m (IST) (IST) Moonrise
48m
time
(IST) (
IST) upto the en
of umbra
phase)
h m h m h m h m h m h m
Agartala 17 27 * * Visible Visible 1 21
Ahmadabad 18 44 * * * Visible 0 04
Aijawl 17 20 * * Visible Visible 1 28
Ajmer 18 34 * * * Visible 0 14
Allahabad 18 05 * * * Visible 0 43
Amritsar 18 30 * * * Visible 0 18
Bangalore 18 28 * * * Visible 0 20
Bhagalpur 17 44 * * * Visible 1 04
Bhopal 18 24 * * * Visible 0 24
Bhubaneswar 17 51 * * * Visible 0 57
Cannanore 18 38 * * * Visible 0 10
Chandigarh 18 19 * * * Visible 0 29
Chennai 18 17 * * * Visible 0 31
Cochin 18 35 * * * Visible 0 13
Cooch Behar 17 33 * * * Visible 1 15
Cuttack 17 50 * * * Visible 0 58Darjeeling 17 37 * * * Visible 1 11
Dehradun 18 17 * * * Visible 0 31
Delhi 18 22 * * * Visible 0 26
Dibrugarh 17 09 * * Visible Visible 1 39
Dwarka 18 59 * * * * * *
Gandhinagar 18 44 * * * Visible 0 04
Gangtok 17 36 * * * Visible 1 12
Guwahati 17 24 * * Visible Visible 1 24
Gaya 17 52 * * * Visible 0 56
Haridwar 18 17 * * * Visible 0 31
Hazaribagh 17 51 * * * Visible 0 57
Hubli 18 36 * * * Visible 0 12
Hyderabad 18 22 * * * Visible 0 26
Imphal 17 15 * * Visible Visible 1 33
Itanagar 17 15 * * Visible Visible 1 33
Jaipur 18 29 * * * Visible 0 19
Jalandhar 18 25 * * * Visible 0 23
Jammu 18 29 * * * Visible 0 19
Kanyakumari 18 31 * * * Visible 0 17
Kavalur 18 19 * * * Visible 0 29
Kavaratti 18 48 * * * * * *
Kohima 17 13 * * Visible Visible 1 35Kolhapur 18 40 * * * Visible 0 08
Kolkata 17 39 * * * Visible 1 09
Koraput 18 04 * * * Visible 0 44
Kozikode 18 36 * * * Visible 0 12
* Indicates Moon rises after the corresponding phenomenon (i.e. corresponding phenomenon is not
visible)
Places Moonrise Umbral Totality Totality Umbral
Time phase begins Ends at phase
(IST) begins at 16 h 17h Ends at
at 34m 33m
18 h
(IST) (IST)
15h 20m 48m (
(IST) IST)
up
of
ph
h m h m h m h m h m h
Lucknow 18 07 * * * Visible 0
Madurai 18 27 * * * Visible 0
Mangalore 18 39 * * * Visible 0
Midnapore 17 44 * * * Visible 1
Mount Abu 18 43 * * * Visible 0
Mumbai 18 45 * * * Visible 0
Murshidabad 17 38 * * * Visible 1
Muzaffarpur 17 50 * * * Visible 0
Mysore 18 32 * * * Visible 0
Nagpur 18 18 * * * Visible 0
Nalgonda 18 19 * * * Visible 0Nasik 18 41 * * * Visible 0
Nellore 18 18 * * * Visible 0
Nowgong 18 15 * * * Visible 0
Panaji 18 40 * * * Visible 0
Patna 17 51 * * * Visible 0
Pondicherry 18 19 * * * Visible 0
Pune 18 41 * * * Visible 0
Port Blair 17 27 * * Visible Visible 1
Puri 17 51 * * * Visible 0
Raipur 18 07 * * * Visible 0
Rajamundry 18 07 * * * Visible 0
Rajkot 18 52 * * * * *
Ranchi 17 51 * * * Visible 0
Sambalpur 17 58 * * * Visible 0
Shillong 17 23 * * Visible Visible 1
Shimla 18 21 * * * Visible 0
Sibsagar 17 11 * * Visible Visible 1
Silchar 17 20 * * Visible Visible 1
Siliguri 17 37 * * * Visible 1
Silvassa 18 44 * * * Visible 0
Srinagar 18 28 * * * Visible 0
Sringeri 18 36 * * * Visible 0Tamelong 17 15 * * Visible Visible 1
Thanjavur 18 23 * * * Visible 0
Thiruvanantapuram 18 33 * * * Visible 0
Trichur 18 34 * * * Visible 0
Udaipur 18 39 * * * Visible 0
Ujjain 18 31 * * * Visible 0
Vadodara 18 42 * * * Visible 0
Varanasi 18 00 * * * Visible 0
Vijayawada 18 14 * * * Visible 0
* Indicates Moon rises after the corresponding phenomenon (i.e. corresponding phenomenon is
not visible)
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