Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1748, 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 1748
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:48 to 18:54, greatest at 17:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:54 to 20:27, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.295
- Sutak begins
- 14 Feb, 07:48
Lunar eclipse, 09 August 1748
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:09 to 06:24, greatest at 05:16 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:59 to 05:16, greatest at 05:16
- Magnitude
- 0.429
- Sutak begins
- 08 Aug, 19:09
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.