Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1859, 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, 17 February 1859
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:50 to 18:22, greatest at 16:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:18 to 19:18, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.696
- Sutak begins
- 17 Feb, 05:50
- Totality
- 15:48 to 17:25
Lunar eclipse, 13 August 1859
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:29 to 00:25, 14 Aug, greatest at 22:27 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:20 to 01:35, 14 Aug, greatest at 22:27
- Magnitude
- 1.814
- Sutak begins
- 13 Aug, 11:29
- Totality
- 21:34 to 23:20
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.