Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1678, and whether they can be seen from New Delhi, Delhi, India. Sutak is kept only where the eclipse is visible: twelve hours before a solar eclipse and nine before a lunar one.
Lunar eclipse, 06 May 1678
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:45 to 00:28, 07 May, greatest at 22:37 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:45 to 01:29, 07 May, greatest at 22:37
- Magnitude
- 1.802
- Sutak begins
- 06 May, 11:45
- Totality
- 21:46 to 23:28
Lunar eclipse, 30 October 1678
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:10 to 03:47, greatest at 01:59 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:12, 29 Oct to 04:46, greatest at 01:59
- Magnitude
- 1.842
- Sutak begins
- 29 Oct, 15:10
- Totality
- 01:09 to 02:49
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.