Bhubaneswar: Barely a fortnight after Surya Grahan (solar eclipse), the skygazers can see Chandra Grahan, a total lunar eclipse, which will occur on November 8, 2022.

The eclipse will be visible from all places of the country at the time of Moonrise.

However, the beginning of the partial and total phases of the lunar eclipse will not be visible from any places in India as the phenomena will be in progress before Moonrise. Ending of both total and partial phases of lunar eclipse will be visible from the eastern parts of the country. Only the ending of the partial phase will be visible from the rest parts of the country, according to Positional Astronomy Centre, Kolkata; India Meteorological Department.

This lunar eclipse will be visible in the region covering South America, North America, Australia, Asia, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean.

The eclipse will begin at 14 hr 39 min IST (2.39 pm). The total eclipse will start at 15 hr 46 min IST (3.46 pm). The ending time of totality is 17h 12m IST (5.12 pm) and the ending time of partial phase is 18h 19m IST (6.19 pm).

For the cities in eastern parts of the country, like Bhubaneswar, Kolkata and Guwahati, at the time of Moonrise, the total phase of the eclipse will be in progress. For Kolkata, the duration of totality from Moonrise time upto the end is 20 min and the duration from Moonrise time upto end of partial eclipse is 1 hr 27 min. For Guwahati, the duration of totality from Moonrise time upto end is 38 min and the duration from Moonrise time upto end of partial eclipse is 1 hr 45 min. For Bhubaneswar, the duration of totality from Moonrise time upto the end is 6 minutes and the duration from Moonrise time upto end pf partial eclipse is 1 hr 13 min.

For the other cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Bengaluru, at the time of Moonrise, the partial eclipse after the end of totality will be in progress and for the above cities, the duration from the Moonrise time upto the end of partial eclipse will be 50 min, 18 min, 40 min and 29 min respectively.

Here's city-wise lunar eclipse timing and duration in India:

PlaceMoonrise Time (IST)Duration of eclipse (from Moonrise time upto the end of umbral phase) (h/m)
Agartala16:381       41
Ahmadabad17:560       23
Aijawl16:321       47
Ajmer17:430       36
Allahabad17:151       04
Amritsar17:330       46
Bangalore17:500       29
Bhagalpur16:541       25
Bhopal17:360       43
Bhubaneswar17:061       13
Cannanore18:010       18
Chandigarh17:230       56
Chennai17:390       40
Cochin17:590       20
Cooch Behar16:421       37
Cuttack17:051       14
Darjeeling16:461       33
Dehradun17:220       57
Delhi17:290       50
Dibrugarh16:172       02
Dwarka18:120       07
Gandhinagar17:550       24
Gangtok16:441       35
Guwahati16:341       45
Gaya17:031       16
Haridwar17:210       58
Hazaribagh17:021       17
Hubli17:550       24
Hyderabad17:400       39
Imphal16:261       53
Itanagar16:241       55
Jaipur17:370       42
Jalandhar17:280       51
Jammu17:310       48
Kanyakumari17:570       22
Kavalur17:420       37
Kavaratti18:110       08
Kohima16:241       55
Kolhapur17:590       20
Kolkata16:521       27
Koraput17:210       58
Kozikode17:590       20
Lucknow17:161       03
Madurai17:520       27
Mangalore18:010       18
Midnapore16:571       22
Mount Abu17:530       26
Mumbai18:010       18
Murshidabad16:491       30
Muzaffarpur16:591       20
Mysore17:540       25
Nagpur17:320       47
Nalgonda17:370       42
Nasik17:560       23
Nellore17:380       41
Nowgong17:250       54
Panaji17:590       20
Patna17:011       18
Pondicherry17:420       37
Pune17:580       21
Port Blair16:491       30
Puri17:071       12
Raipur17:220       57
Rajamundry17:250       54
Rajkot18:050       14
Ranchi17:031       16
Sambalpur17:121       07
Shillong16:331       46
Shimla17:240       55
Sibsagar16:201       59
Silchar16:311       48
Siliguri16:461       33
Silvassa17:580       21
Srinagar17:290       50
Sringeri17:570       22
Tamelong16:251       54
Thanjavur17:460       33
Thiruvanantapuram17:580       21
Trichur17:570       22
Udaipur17:490       30
Ujjain17:430       36
Vadodara17:540       25
Varanasi17:101       09
Vijayawada17:330       46

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 when only when a part of the moon comes under shadow of the Earth.

The next lunar eclipse will occur on October 28, 2023. This will be a partial eclipse, which will be visible from India. Last lunar eclipse which was visible from India was on 19 November, 2021 and it was a partial eclipse.