Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1718, 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 1718
- Type
- Total
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:01 to 23:34, greatest at 21:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:05 to 00:29, 17 Mar, greatest at 21:47
- Magnitude
- 1.757
- Sutak begins
- 16 Mar, 11:01
- Totality
- 20:58 to 22:37
Lunar eclipse, 10 September 1718
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:48, 09 Sep to 03:43, greatest at 01:45 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 22:37, 09 Sep to 04:53, greatest at 01:45
- Magnitude
- 1.701
- Sutak begins
- 09 Sep, 14:48
- Totality
- 00:53 to 02:38
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.