Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1687, 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, 27 April 1687
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:04 to 21:53, greatest at 20:29 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 27 May 1687
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:50 to 08:52, greatest at 07:21 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 21 October 1687
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:23, 20 Oct to 02:02, greatest at 00:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 19 November 1687
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:47 to 13:35, greatest at 12:11 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
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.