Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1717, 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 March 1717
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:44 to 10:29, greatest at 09:06 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 06:31 to 06:31, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.602
- Sutak begins
- 26 Mar, 22:44
Lunar eclipse, 20 September 1717
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:22 to 01:12, 21 Sep, greatest at 23:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 21:04 to 02:30, 21 Sep, greatest at 23:47
- Magnitude
- 0.606
- Sutak begins
- 20 Sep, 13:22
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.