Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
Significance & Spiritual Meaning
Surya Grahan is a solar eclipse, when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun.
Spiritual philosophy, inner meaning and eternal virtues
It happens on an Amavasya and is seen only from some places. In the Hindu tradition the Sutak period of about twelve hours before a solar eclipse is kept, and ends with it.
Key Rituals & Observance
Step-by-step sacred rituals and worship practices
- 1Step 1
No temple worship or cooking during the Sutak, as the tradition says.
- 2Step 2
Chanting of mantras during the eclipse.
- 3Step 3
A bath and charity after the eclipse ends.