Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1917, 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, 08 January 1917
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:20 to 15:08, greatest at 13:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 12:30 to 13:58
Lunar eclipse, 05 July 1917
- Type
- Total
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 01:22 to 04:55, greatest at 03:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 00:27 to 04:55, greatest at 03:08
- Magnitude
- 1.619
- Sutak begins
- 04 Jul, 16:22
- Totality
- 02:20 to 03:56
Lunar eclipse, 28 December 1917
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:34 to 16:57, greatest at 15:16 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:07 to 18:07, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.006
- Sutak begins
- 28 Dec, 04:34
- Totality
- 15:10 to 15:22
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.