Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1728, 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, 25 February 1728
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:50 to 14:44, greatest at 13:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 19 August 1728
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:14 to 00:08, 20 Aug, greatest at 22:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:57 to 01:26, 20 Aug, greatest at 22:41
- Magnitude
- 0.629
- Sutak begins
- 19 Aug, 12:14
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.