Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1936, 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 1936
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:58 to 01:20, 09 Jan, greatest at 23:39 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 20:48 to 02:30, 09 Jan, greatest at 23:39
- Magnitude
- 1.017
- Sutak begins
- 08 Jan, 12:58
- Totality
- 23:29 to 23:49
Lunar eclipse, 04 July 1936
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:56 to 23:53, greatest at 22:55 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 20:30 to 01:19, 05 Jul, greatest at 22:55
- Magnitude
- 0.267
- Sutak begins
- 04 Jul, 12:56
Lunar eclipse, 28 December 1936
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:20 to 11:16, greatest at 09:18 (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.