Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1761, 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, 19 May 1761
- Type
- Total
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:10 to 05:59, greatest at 04:05 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 01:02 to 05:59, greatest at 04:05
- Magnitude
- 1.449
- Sutak begins
- 18 May, 17:10
- Totality
- 03:18 to 04:52
Lunar eclipse, 12 November 1761
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aries, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:20 to 18:57, greatest at 17:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:57 to 19:55, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.744
- Sutak begins
- 12 Nov, 06:20
- Totality
- 16:19 to 17:58
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.