Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1744, 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, 27 April 1744
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:53 to 03:50, greatest at 02:22 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:42, 26 Apr to 05:02, greatest at 02:22
- Magnitude
- 0.709
- Sutak begins
- 26 Apr, 15:53
Lunar eclipse, 21 October 1744
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:58 to 19:40, greatest at 18:19 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:19 to 20:59, greatest at 18:19
- Magnitude
- 0.546
- Sutak begins
- 21 Oct, 07:58
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.