Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1786, 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, 14 January 1786
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:39 to 19:58, greatest at 18:48 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:48 to 21:21, greatest at 18:48
- Magnitude
- 0.398
- Sutak begins
- 14 Jan, 08:39
Lunar eclipse, 11 July 1786
- Type
- Total
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:57 to 18:23, greatest at 16:40 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 16:22 to 16:58
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.