Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1755, 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, 28 March 1755
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:11 to 07:48, greatest at 06:29 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 04:06 to 06:29, greatest at 06:29
- Magnitude
- 0.617
- Sutak begins
- 27 Mar, 20:11
Lunar eclipse, 20 September 1755
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:02 to 17:52, greatest at 16:27 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:13 to 19:13, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.589
- Sutak begins
- 20 Sep, 06:02
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.