Chandra Grahan on Pitru Paksha 2025 creates a rare alignment on 7 September. Know its timings, rituals, and spiritual power. (Image Source: AI)
On 7 September 2025, Sanatan Dharma marks a deeply significant alignment. A total lunar eclipse or Chandra Grahan coincides with the first day of Shradh, the start of Pitru Paksha 2025. Shradh is the sacred fortnight to honour ancestors. A Grahan is a cosmic event that heightens energies and magnifies prayers. Together, they form a powerful field for ancestral offerings. The combination brings a reminder that bonds with forefathers never break. This editorial explains why the day carries rare importance, the timings of the eclipse, its spiritual weight, and the simple rituals one can perform with sincerity.
The total lunar eclipse will be visible in India on 7 September 2025. The Sutak period will begin at 12:57 PM IST. The penumbral phase will start at 8:58 PM. The partial eclipse will begin at 9:57 PM, and totality will start at 11:01 PM. The peak will occur at 11:42 PM. These timings guide the rituals and prayers of the day.
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Shradh or Pitru Paksha carries deep roots in tradition. The Garuda Purana explains that offerings made during Shradh give peace to ancestors. Each day is important, yet when Shradh aligns with Grahan, scriptures say that barriers between worlds thin. It becomes easier for forefathers to accept offerings of love and remembrance. Families experience this time as one where gratitude and prayers directly reach their Pitru.
Chandra Grahan represents more than an astronomical shadow. Vedic astrology sees the moon as the seat of mind and emotions. During an eclipse, lunar energies amplify and unsettle. This makes the mind receptive to prayer and mantra and when Grahan falls during Shradh, offerings gain multiplied strength. Mantras such as “Om Pitrubhyo Namah” or “Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya” carry magnified power. Rishis described these hours as karmic accelerators. Actions taken then bear multiplied effects and blessings.
The alignment of Shradh with a Chandra Grahan happens only after decades. The year 2025 becomes special as it occurs on the very first day of Pitru Paksha and elders believe this portal opens wider for ancestral energy while rituals performed during this rare alignment carry extraordinary merit and families can bring peace to departed souls and heal karmic patterns across generations.
Devotees must approach this day with discipline. Begin with an early bath and light sattvic food. Keep the body light and the mind steady. Spend the morning in quiet remembrance. Listen to family elders speak about ancestors. Avoid distractions and conflicts. Such steps strengthen intention and make offerings more powerful.
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Rituals do not require grandeur. What matters is shraddha, pure devotion. Performing tarpan and pind daan with black sesame, water, and darbha grass is highly auspicious. A sacred river is ideal, but prayers at home also hold equal weight also lighting a diya facing the south, sitting in silence, and chanting simple mantras connect directly with ancestors. Feeding cows, birds, or the needy in their name also brings blessings and harmony.
During Grahan, avoid eating or sleeping. The hours are meant for inward practices like prayer, meditation, or scripture reading and the veil between worlds grows thin as well as thoughts and feelings hold amplified significance, and this window carries the power to release burdens and uplift generations.
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Many families face Pitru doshas that appear as struggles in health, relationships, or prosperity and the rare union of Shradh and Grahan offers a chance to dissolve them. Performing rituals with devotion during the eclipse and making donations in ancestors’ names help release karmic knots also families often notice renewed harmony and progress after such prayers.
