Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1918, 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, 24 June 1918
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:16 to 16:39, greatest at 15:57 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 18 December 1918
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:38, 17 Dec to 02:33, greatest at 00:35 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
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.