Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1784, 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, 07 March 1784
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:22 to 10:43, greatest at 09:32 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 06:53 to 06:53, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.379
- Sutak begins
- 06 Mar, 23:22
Lunar eclipse, 30 August 1784
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:18 to 21:59, greatest at 20:38 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:18 to 23:02, greatest at 20:38
- Magnitude
- 0.661
- Sutak begins
- 30 Aug, 10:18
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.