Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1740, 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 January 1740
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:29 to 06:24, greatest at 04:26 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 01:17 to 07:36, greatest at 04:26
- Magnitude
- 1.788
- Sutak begins
- 13 Jan, 17:29
- Totality
- 03:34 to 05:19
Lunar eclipse, 09 July 1740
- Type
- Total
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:24 to 16:48, greatest at 15:06 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 14:27 to 15:45
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.