Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1924, 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, 20 February 1924
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:48 to 23:28, greatest at 21:38 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 18:46 to 00:30, 21 Feb, greatest at 21:38
- Magnitude
- 1.599
- Sutak begins
- 20 Feb, 10:48
- Totality
- 20:49 to 22:27
Lunar eclipse, 15 August 1924
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:01 to 03:38, greatest at 01:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:04, 14 Aug to 04:36, greatest at 01:50
- Magnitude
- 1.652
- Sutak begins
- 14 Aug, 15:01
- Totality
- 01:00 to 02:39
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.