Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1731, 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, 23 January 1731
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:25 to 10:49, greatest at 10:07 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 20 June 1731
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:58 to 08:27, greatest at 07:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:32 to 05:32, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.170
- Sutak begins
- 19 Jun, 21:58
Lunar eclipse, 13 December 1731
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:20 to 18:42, greatest at 17:31 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:42 to 20:05, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.407
- Sutak begins
- 13 Dec, 07:20
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.