Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1729, 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, 14 February 1729
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 01:01 to 04:40, greatest at 02:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 00:01 to 05:40, greatest at 02:51
- Magnitude
- 1.655
- Sutak begins
- 13 Feb, 16:01
- Totality
- 02:01 to 03:40
Lunar eclipse, 09 August 1729
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:09 to 08:47, greatest at 06:58 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 04:10 to 05:09, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.623
- Sutak begins
- 08 Aug, 20:09
- Totality
- 06:09 to 07:47
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.