Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1759, 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, 13 January 1759
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:36 to 15:22, greatest at 13:59 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 10 July 1759
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:32 to 13:51, greatest at 11:42 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 04 December 1759
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:46 to 12:03, greatest at 10:55 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
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.