Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1777, 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, 23 January 1777
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:53 to 23:40, greatest at 22:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:35 to 00:59, 24 Jan, greatest at 22:17
- Magnitude
- 0.594
- Sutak begins
- 23 Jan, 11:53
Lunar eclipse, 20 July 1777
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:04 to 19:19, greatest at 18:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 20:59 to 20:59, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.110
- Sutak begins
- 20 Jul, 09:04
Lunar eclipse, 14 December 1777
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:33 to 20:50, greatest at 19:42 (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.