Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1796, 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, 24 January 1796
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:31 to 17:33, greatest at 16:02 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 20 June 1796
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:11 to 18:31, greatest at 16:21 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 14 December 1796
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:58 to 21:21, greatest at 20:09 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 17:49 to 22:30, greatest at 20:09
- Magnitude
- 0.491
- Sutak begins
- 14 Dec, 09:58
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.