Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1679, 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, 26 April 1679
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 03:34 to 05:48, greatest at 04:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:03 to 05:48, greatest at 04:41
- Magnitude
- 0.337
- Sutak begins
- 25 Apr, 18:34
Lunar eclipse, 19 October 1679
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:32 to 18:11, greatest at 16:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:11 to 19:15, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.634
- Sutak begins
- 19 Oct, 06:32
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.