Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1699, 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 March 1699
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:51, 15 Mar to 02:42, greatest at 01:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 22:39, 15 Mar to 03:55, greatest at 01:17
- Magnitude
- 0.663
- Sutak begins
- 15 Mar, 14:51
Lunar eclipse, 09 September 1699
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:00 to 18:00, 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
- 19:15 to 19:15, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.711
- Sutak begins
- 09 Sep, 06:00
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.