Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1797, 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, 09 June 1797
- Type
- Total
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:35 to 19:11, greatest at 17:23 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 20:21 to 20:21, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.159
- Sutak begins
- 09 Jun, 06:35
- Totality
- 16:52 to 17:54
Lunar eclipse, 04 December 1797
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:22 to 11:59, greatest at 10:11 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 09:21 to 11:00
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.