Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1888, 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, 29 January 1888
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:51 to 06:30, greatest at 04:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 01:50 to 06:30, greatest at 04:41
- Magnitude
- 1.646
- Sutak begins
- 28 Jan, 17:51
- Totality
- 03:52 to 05:30
Lunar eclipse, 23 July 1888
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:16 to 12:55, greatest at 11:05 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 10:15 to 11:56
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.