Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1766, 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, 25 February 1766
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:39 to 02:52, greatest at 01:46 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:08, 24 Feb to 04:23, greatest at 01:46
- Magnitude
- 0.331
- Sutak begins
- 24 Feb, 15:39
Lunar eclipse, 20 August 1766
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:39 to 14:09, greatest at 12:54 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
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.