Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1878, 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 1878
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:04 to 18:00, greatest at 16:32 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:01 to 19:01, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.833
- Sutak begins
- 17 Feb, 06:04
Lunar eclipse, 13 August 1878
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:03 to 06:55, greatest at 05:29 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:44 to 05:29, greatest at 05:29
- Magnitude
- 0.592
- Sutak begins
- 12 Aug, 19:03
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.