Grahan 2027: Surya and Chandra Grahan Dates and Sutak

There are five eclipses in 2027: an annular solar eclipse on 6 February, a total solar eclipse on 2 August, and penumbral lunar eclipses on 21 February, 18 July and 17 August. Only the 2 August Surya Grahan is clearly visible from India and Nepal, as a partial eclipse in the late afternoon. In Mumbai it covers about 43 percent of the Sun's width, and in Delhi about 17 percent. Sutak applies only to that one.

Grahan 2027 dates and timings

The 2 August 2027 Surya Grahan in your city

South and west India see more of the eclipse than the north and east. The total phase, when the Moon covers the whole Sun, runs over southern Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Near Luxor in Egypt, totality lasts more than six minutes, one of the longest of the century. Never look at the Sun without proper eclipse glasses, even when most of it is covered.

Where the eclipses fall in the zodiac

An eclipse happens when a new or full Moon falls near Rahu or Ketu, the two points where the Moon's path crosses the Sun's. In 2027 the nodes sit in Makar and Karkat all year, so every eclipse falls on that axis or close to it.

Sutak for Grahan 2027

Tradition starts the sutak, a period of caution before an eclipse, 12 hours before a solar eclipse begins and 9 hours before a lunar eclipse begins. It applies only where the eclipse can be seen. Penumbral lunar eclipses, where the Moon only dims slightly, are not usually treated as grahan in Indian panchangs, so they carry no sutak.

That leaves one sutak in 2027, for 2 August:

During sutak, many temples close and many families avoid cooking and eating until the eclipse ends. Those are traditions, not fixes for anything in your chart. Children, older people and anyone unwell are usually exempt.

What the 2 August eclipse means

The Sun is in Karkat in Pushya nakshatra, with Ketu two degrees away. A solar eclipse in Karkat touches themes of home, mother, emotional security and the public mood, the matters of the Moon's own sign. Pushya is ruled by Saturn and linked with nourishment and care. People with the Moon or lagna in Karkat, or with planets near 15° Karkat, are the ones tradition says feel it most.

For the Moon signs, the eclipse falls in the 1st house for Karkat, the 4th for Mesh, the 7th for Makar and the 10th for Tula, the kendras, where it is felt most strongly. A grahan is a brief event: it marks a point in the year rather than a long period of effects.

Which house each Surya Grahan falls in

Counted from your Moon sign, the two solar eclipses of 2027 fall in opposite houses, since Makar and Karkat face each other.

Many traditions read an eclipse only where it is visible, and the 6 February eclipse is not visible from India or Nepal. The 2 August eclipse is the one to note. For Karkat Moon signs it falls in the 1st house, the most personal position, and for Makar in the 7th, the house of partners. For Kanya it falls in the 11th, the house of gains, and for Vrishchik in the 9th, the house of fortune.

The penumbral lunar eclipses

A penumbral eclipse only dims the Moon slightly, and most people cannot see any change. On 21 February and 18 July the Moon is above the horizon in India and Nepal at the greatest eclipse, but the dimming is too faint to notice. On 17 August it happens around midday, with the Moon below the horizon.