Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1721, 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, 13 January 1721
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:34 to 22:28, greatest at 21:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 18:12 to 23:50, greatest at 21:01
- Magnitude
- 0.609
- Sutak begins
- 13 Jan, 10:34
Lunar eclipse, 09 July 1721
- Type
- Total
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:53 to 16:12, greatest at 14:33 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 14:00 to 15:05
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.