Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: Total lunar eclipse end; ‘Blood Moon’ mesmerises skywatchers

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Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: Eclipses are rare and do not occur every full or new moon because the moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. According to PTI, the next total lunar eclipse will be visible from the country on December 31, 2028.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: While space enthusiasts gathered on the roofs of their houses and apartments in the city and on open grounds in villages across Bengal to watch the celestial event with their naked eyes or a telescope, the Birla Industrial and Technological Museum in the city organised a three-hour live demonstration with a telescope for students, youth, and enthusiasts, reports PTI.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: Stunning visuals emerge as the Moon reappears following the end of the total phase of the eclipse. The total lunar eclipse peaked around 11:48pm and concluded at about 12:23am.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: The moon has gradually begun to become visible as the lunar eclipse exits the total phase.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: The earth's shadow completely covered the moon at 11:01pm, turning it coppery red and creating a rare 'Blood Moon' display. The total lunar eclipse peaked around 11:48pm and will conclude at about 12:23am.

Visitors watch the moon during a lunar eclipse at Nehru Planetarium, Teen Murti, in New Delhi on September 7, 2025. Skywatchers across the country have turned their gaze towards the moon Sunday night to witness a rare 'Blood Moon' or the total lunar eclipse.

The Earth's shadow completely covered the moon at 11:01 pm, turning it coppery red, putting up a rare display of 'Blood Moon'. The total lunar eclipse will end at 12.23am.

The blood moon appears during the lunar eclipse in Chennai on September 7, 2025. Sunday's eclipse was the longest total lunar eclipse visible from India since 2022 and the first since July 27, 2018 to be observed from all parts of the country.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: Eclipses are rare and do not occur every full or new moon because the moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around the Sun. According to PTI, the next total lunar eclipse will be visible from the country on December 31, 2028.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: Cloudy skies played spoilsport in several parts of the country. Nevertheless, live streams organised by astronomy enthusiasts worldwide compensated for the disappointment caused by the overcast conditions.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: BS Shylaja, former director at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, told PTI that the moon appears red during lunar eclipses because the only sunlight reaching it is reflected and scattered through the Earth's atmosphere.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: The Lunar Eclipse has entered the Total Phase or the 'Blood Moon' phase.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: The total lunar eclipse has started. People across India have come out to witness the rare celestial event. The total lunar eclipse will peak at around 11.58 pm according to experts.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: The total phase of the lunar eclipse, or the 'Blood Moon', will begin shortly and will peak at 11.58 pm.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: The Earth's shadow covers half of the moon as the rare celestial event unfolds, show visuals from across India.

Chandra Grahan 2025 live updates: According to the Public Outreach & Education Committee of the Astronomical Society of India, a lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon. The inner dark shadow of the Earth is called the umbra and the faint outer one is the penumbra. As the Moon enters the umbra, we first see a partial eclipse; when fully inside, the totally eclipsed Moon turns a striking coppery-red. This happens because the red part of the sunlight passes through the Earth’s thin atmosphere and illuminates the Moon, while the bluer part of the light gets scattered on Earth’s sunlit part, giving the daytime sky its blue colour.

Lunar Eclipse 2025 live updates: People in various parts of India, including Lucknow, Delhi and more gathered to witness the lunar eclipse.

The timeline for lunar eclipse, according to the ‘Public Outreach & Education Committee of the Astronomical Society of India’ is-

-7 Sept 8:58 PM IST Beginning of penumbral eclipse

(Difficult to detect with naked eyes)

-7 Sept 9:57 PM IST Beginning of umbral partial eclipse

(Easily seen with naked eyes)

-7 Sept 11:01 PM IST Beginning of total eclipse

(Moon is fully in the umbra & deep red)

-8 Sept 12:23 AM IST End of total eclipse

(The Moon starts to exit the umbra)

-8 Sept 1:27 AM IST End of umbral partial eclipse

(The visual eclipse finishes)

-8 Sept 2:25 AM IST End of penumbral partial eclipse

(Difficult to detect with naked eyes)

Chandra Grahan 2025 Live Updates: The partial phase of the lunar eclipse has begun. The total lunar eclipse will peak at around 11.58 pm.

Lunar Eclipse 2025 live updates: Calling the upcoming lunar eclipse a global "mesmerising" event, former director of MP Birla Planetarium, Dr Devi Prasad Duari said the eclipse will be visible not only in India but in Australia, the Far East, the Middle East, Europe and some parts of Africa. However, people and enthusiasts on both American continents will not be able to witness the event. Read more.

Lunar Eclipse 2025 live updates: The Ganga Aarti was performed on Sunday afternoon in Haridwar, ahead of the total lunar eclipse.

Tanmay Vashishtha, General Secretary of Shri Ganga Sabha, said the arrangements were made in line with religious traditions.

"There is a lunar eclipse and as per religious beliefs, the Sutak period begins nine hours before. Keeping this in mind, the doors of the temples have been closed since 12:57 pm, and for this reason, the evening aarti of Maa Ganga was performed before the Sutak period at 12:30 pm. The doors of the temples will open tomorrow and there will be the aarti of Maa Ganga," he told ANI.

Chandra Grahan 2025 Live Updates: The lunar eclipse, which is the longest since 2022, will be visible from all parts of India.

Lunar Eclipse 2025 Live Updates: Niruj Mohan Ramanujam, Head of Science, Communication, Public Outreach and Education (SCOPE) Section, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, told PTI “The Moon will be fully eclipsed from 11.01 pm to 12.23 am—a duration of 82 minutes. The partial phase ends at 1.26 am, and the eclipse concludes at 2.25 am on September 8."

Chandra Grahan 2025 Live Updates: The doors of temples in Uttarakhand, including at Badrinath and Kedarnath, were closed after performing puja on Sunday afternoon, ahead of the last lunar eclipse of the year.

The evening Ganga Aarti at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar was also performed in the afternoon.

The lunar eclipse will begin at 9:58 pm on Sunday, and the Sutak period begins nine hours before that, i.e., at 12:58 pm. Rishi Prasad Sati, vice president of Shri Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee, said that due to the Sutak period of the lunar eclipse, all the temple doors under the temple committee, including Badrinath and Kedarnath temples, were closed for darshan at 12:50 pm on Sunday. (PTI)

Chandra Grahan 2025 Live Updates: Senior Planetarium Engineer at Nehru Planetarium, OP Gupta, while talking to ANI, said, “The eclipse will peak at 11.48 pm and last for 48 minutes.”

“This eclipse cannot only be seen in India but also in Pakistan and China. In Delhi, the penumbral phase (initial phase) will start at 8.58 pm. The partial eclipse will begin at around 9.57 pm... It will peak at around 11.48 pm. Its duration will be a little more than 48 minutes. The complete lunar eclipse will end at 12:22 am,” he added.