Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1920, 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, 03 May 1920
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:30 to 09:10, greatest at 07:20 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 04:20 to 05:30, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.219
- Sutak begins
- 02 May, 20:30
- Totality
- 06:45 to 07:56
Lunar eclipse, 27 October 1920
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:55 to 21:26, greatest at 19:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 17:55 to 22:26, greatest at 19:41
- Magnitude
- 1.398
- Sutak begins
- 27 Oct, 08:55
- Totality
- 18:58 to 20:23
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.