Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1856, 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, 20 April 1856
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:27 to 16:32, greatest at 14:59 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 14 October 1856
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Pisces, Revati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 03:14 to 06:20, greatest at 04:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:16 to 06:20, greatest at 04:47
- Magnitude
- 0.997
- Sutak begins
- 13 Oct, 18:14
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.