Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1873, 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, 12 May 1873
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:51 to 18:31, greatest at 16:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:34 to 19:34, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.429
- Sutak begins
- 12 May, 05:51
- Totality
- 15:56 to 17:26
Lunar eclipse, 04 November 1873
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:27 to 22:56, greatest at 21:12 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 18:29 to 23:55, greatest at 21:12
- Magnitude
- 1.422
- Sutak begins
- 04 Nov, 10:27
- Totality
- 20:29 to 21:55
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.