Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1768, 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, 04 January 1768
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:12 to 11:32, greatest at 10:22 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 30 June 1768
- Type
- Total
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:03 to 11:35, greatest at 09:49 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 09:15 to 10:23
Lunar eclipse, 23 December 1768
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:13 to 22:47, greatest at 21:00 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 18:15 to 23:44, greatest at 21:00
- Magnitude
- 1.752
- Sutak begins
- 23 Dec, 10:13
- Totality
- 20:11 to 21:49
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.