Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1788, 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, 18 June 1788
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:55 to 23:21, greatest at 21:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 13 November 1788
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:37 to 00:34, 14 Nov, greatest at 23:35 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 13 December 1788
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:25 to 13:30, greatest at 11:57 (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.