Sep 9, 2025
Chandragrahaṇa in India: The September 7–8, 2025 Lunar Eclipse through the Lens of the Sūrya-Siddhānta
On the night of September 7–8, 2025, the skies over Hyderabad offered a spectacular sight: a total lunar eclipse—a Blood Moon. While many enjoyed the reddish glow of the eclipsed Moon, ancient Indian astronomers had already explained and predicted such events in remarkable detail in the Sūrya-Siddhānta. The actual eclipse timings from Hyderabad with the teachings of Chapter IV of the…
