Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1706, 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, 28 April 1706
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:06 to 08:43, greatest at 07:25 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 04:39 to 06:06, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.471
- Sutak begins
- 27 Apr, 21:06
Lunar eclipse, 22 October 1706
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:32, 21 Oct to 02:10, greatest at 00:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 22:28, 21 Oct to 03:14, greatest at 00:51
- Magnitude
- 0.632
- Sutak begins
- 21 Oct, 14:32
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.