Lunar eclipse 2025: Check City wise 'Sutak' time for Chandra Grahan

The final lunar eclipse or Chandra Grahan of 2025 will be seen on September 7-8. It begins the Sutak period, which holds special importance in Hindu tradition.

Sutak is considered an inauspicious phase beginning hours before the eclipse and ends after it concludes. During this time, activities like cooking, eating, bathing and performing religious rituals are avoided.

Today, Chandra Grahan, Sutak in Delhi and Noida will start from 12:19 pm on September 7 and end at 1:26 am post-midnight.

The timings vary slightly from city to city, with Kolkata, Patna and Varanasi observing the earliest start.

Chandra Grahan 2025: Sutak timings in major cities of India

• New Delhi – 12:19 pm to 1:26 am
• Mumbai – 12:36 pm to 1:26 am
• Kolkata – 11:34 am to 1:26 am
• Noida – 12:19 pm to 1:26 am
• Bengaluru – 12:17 pm to 1:26 am
• Lucknow – 12:04 pm to 1:26 am
• Patna – 11:47 am to 1:26 am
• Ahmedabad – 12:37 pm to 1:26 am
• Jaipur – 12:25 pm to 1:26 am
• Pune – 12:32 pm to 1:26 am
• Kanpur – 12:06 pm to 1:26 am
• Nagpur – 12:11 pm to 1:26 am
• Chennai – 12:07 pm to 1:26 am
• Hyderabad – 12:14 pm to 1:26 am
• Ghaziabad – 12:18 pm to 1:26 am
• Ludhiana – 12:24 pm to 1:26 am
• Chandigarh – 12:21 pm to 1:26 am
• Jammu & Kashmir – 12:28 pm to 1:26 am
• Varanasi – 11:56 am to 1:26 am
• Gurugram – 12:20 pm to 1:26 am
• Gorakhpur – 11:54 am to 1:26 am
• Dehradun – 12:16 pm to 1:26 am
• Kota – 12:24 pm to 1:26 am
• Bareilly – 12:10 pm to 1:26 am

What does Sutak mean?

Sutak refers to a spiritually sensitive period observed before eclipses in Hinduism. The popular belief is that during Sutak, harmful cosmic energies are at play, and therefore auspicious activities are paused. Devotees often engage in prayers, mantra chanting, or reading scriptures during this time until the eclipse is over.