Purnima Chandra Grahan 2026: Chaitra Purnima has special significance in Hindu religion. The important reason for this is that the full moon falling in the month of Chaitra is the first full moon after the beginning of the Hindu New Year. Besides, Hanuman Jayanti (Hanuman Jayanti 2026) is also celebrated on Chaitra Purnima. But this year there is a lot of confusion among the people regarding the date of Chaitra Purnima. The reason for this is that Chaitra Purnima is falling on both 1st and 2nd April.

Purnima Tithi has started from 07:06 am on 1st April and will end on 2nd April at 07:41 am. According to the rising date, there will be a full moon bath and donation on 2nd April. But the date of April 1 will be auspicious for Moon worship.

On the one hand, there was already confusion among the people regarding the date of Chaitra Purnima. But meanwhile many people are believing that a lunar eclipse will also occur on Chaitra Purnima on 1st or 2nd April. Due to the news of eclipse, anxiety also increases because in Hindu religion, activities like worship and prayers are prohibited during eclipse. Let us know whether there is really going to be a dark shadow of lunar eclipse on Chaitra Purnima.

Dark shadow of lunar eclipse on Chaitra Purnima!

First of all, let us tell you that lunar eclipse is not taking place on Chaitra Purnima. The lunar eclipse occurred on March 3 and will be followed by August 28. In such a situation, you do not need to pay attention to any kind of rumors going on on social media. Even in the Panchang, there is no mention of lunar eclipse occurring on Chaitra Purnima. Therefore, the news of lunar eclipse occurring on Chaitra Purnima is not correct. Rather, today the moon will be completely bright, which is called Pink Moon.

Many times, wrong information regarding the date and time of eclipse starts appearing on social media or old videos also appear in the feed, due to which a confused situation arises.

One reason for the news of lunar eclipse going viral on Chaitra Purnima is that lunar eclipse always occurs on Purnima Tithi only. In such a situation, whenever a full moon occurs, many people get confused and start searching whether an eclipse is going to occur on this full moon or not.

But let us tell you that, according to astrologer’s calculations and astronomers, a lunar eclipse does not occur on the full moon of every month. A lunar eclipse occurs only when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon. Such a situation does not occur on every full moon, because for this it is necessary for the Earth, Sun and Moon to be in a special position.

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