Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1942, 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 March 1942
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:01 to 08:41, greatest at 06:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:59 to 06:51, greatest at 06:51
- Magnitude
- 1.561
- Sutak begins
- 02 Mar, 20:01
- Totality
- 06:03 to 07:39
Lunar eclipse, 26 August 1942
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:30 to 11:05, greatest at 09:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 08:31 to 10:04
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.