Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1946, 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, 15 June 1946
- Type
- Total
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:14, 14 Jun to 02:03, greatest at 00:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 21:04, 14 Jun to 03:13, greatest at 00:08
- Magnitude
- 1.397
- Sutak begins
- 14 Jun, 13:14
- Totality
- 23:23, 14 Jun to 00:54
Lunar eclipse, 08 December 1946
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:40 to 00:55, 09 Dec, greatest at 23:18 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 20:43 to 01:52, 09 Dec, greatest at 23:18
- Magnitude
- 1.165
- Sutak begins
- 08 Dec, 12:40
- Totality
- 22:49 to 23:46
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.