Three eclipses in a month

• Solar eclipse : Sun ---- Moon ------Earth


• Lunar eclipse : Sun----- Earth ------ Moon

Solar eclipses take place on new moon day (Sun-Moon-Earth). Lunar eclipses take place on full moon days (Sun-Earth-Moon) which happens 15 days before and 15 days after new moon. Eclipses do not always happen, because the moon is either above or below the ecliptic plane (the plane in which the earth orbits). If, however, it is in the plane during a new moon, it is very likely to be still close to the plane during the following full moon. Hence, normally solar and lunar eclipses come together.

Equations to find eclipses

"equations" are easily available in astronomy books (

1. Our panchangam (which is started more than 5000 years) can also be used to find the past eclipses with the equations...


2. As per panchangam, when rahu & ketu are closure to moon or sun accordingly lunar eclipses & solar eclipses will be formed.


3. Timings and features of eclipses will be similar for the eclipse which is forming after 27 years from the current .


4. simple ones like Duffet-Smith on Astronomy calculations using a pocket calculator gives the formulae.


5. No ancient text (including as late as Aryabhatta's works) are able to predict eclipses accurately. This is because the motion of the moon is extremely complex as it is affected by the Earth and the Sun.


6. The end of the 19th century that Delauny correctly calculated perturbation terms to predict lunar motion.


7. Empirical observations like the Saros cycle (which can be used to make reasonable predictions about eclipses), they were known about 5000 years ago.

Mahabharatha says there were 3 eclipses in the same month... Few years back scientists/archiologists have found from research that that civilization was there around 5000years back...Mahabharatha war says it started around nov/dec... Since bheema died in jan 14-15.. (uttarayana).. Previous months there were 3 eclipses... at the same time our panchangam (which is started more than 5000 years) can also be used to find the past eclipses with the equations...

These eclipses were accurately predicted using mathematical calculations 1000s of years back much before Kepler rediscovered the equations.

August 6th is the 3rd eclipse and on next day August 7th, at 12hrs and 34 mins and 56 seconds another very rare thing happens. The time at that point will be 123456789 or12:34:56 07/08/09. It happens only once. Maybe related?