Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1688, 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, 16 April 1688
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:03, 15 Apr to 01:57, greatest at 00:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 21:41, 15 Apr to 03:19, greatest at 00:30
- Magnitude
- 0.591
- Sutak begins
- 15 Apr, 14:03
Lunar eclipse, 09 October 1688
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Pisces, Revati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:08 to 17:52, greatest at 16:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:54 to 18:54, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.688
- Sutak begins
- 09 Oct, 06:08
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.