Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1891, 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, 23 May 1891
- Type
- Total
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:02 to 01:38, 24 May, greatest at 23:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 20:58 to 02:42, 24 May, greatest at 23:50
- Magnitude
- 1.300
- Sutak begins
- 23 May, 13:02
- Totality
- 23:10 to 00:29, 24 May
Lunar eclipse, 16 November 1891
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 03:56 to 07:23, greatest at 05:39 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:57 to 05:39, greatest at 05:39
- Magnitude
- 1.388
- Sutak begins
- 15 Nov, 18:56
- Totality
- 04:58 to 06:21
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.