Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1791, 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 April 1791
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:08 to 00:00, 19 Apr, greatest at 22:34 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 20:07 to 01:01, 19 Apr, greatest at 22:34
- Magnitude
- 0.778
- Sutak begins
- 18 Apr, 12:08
Lunar eclipse, 12 October 1791
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Pisces, Revati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:42 to 08:50, greatest at 07:16 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 04:26 to 05:42, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.762
- Sutak begins
- 11 Oct, 20:42
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.