Some scriptures suggest that any food we consume on the day, takes a longer while to digest, as our body's vital energies age by approximately twenty eight days. This is one of the primary reasons why traditionally, eating raw food is avoided on the day of the eclipse.

What happens if we eat food during lunar eclipse?

It is believed that the many cycles of moon enhance radiations and ultraviolet rays that contaminate the food, which becomes harmful to consume. Cooked food is made using water and water is believed to attract more radiations, which in turn ruins the food.

Can we eat food during eclipse?

2. Don't eat anything! Art of Living recommends not cooking or eating during the solar eclipse. They claim that since the Sun's blue and ultraviolet radiation is a natural disinfectant, "the rays do not perform their usual role of cleansing our food" during an eclipse.