Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1771, 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, 29 April 1771
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:52 to 09:01, greatest at 07:57 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:32 to 05:32, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.352
- Sutak begins
- 28 Apr, 21:52
Lunar eclipse, 23 October 1771
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:14 to 23:32, greatest at 22:23 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:45 to 01:01, 24 Oct, greatest at 22:23
- Magnitude
- 0.365
- Sutak begins
- 23 Oct, 12:14
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.