Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1948, 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, 23 April 1948
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:51 to 19:26, greatest at 19:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:51 to 21:17, greatest at 19:08
- Magnitude
- 0.024
- Sutak begins
- 23 Apr, 09:51
Lunar eclipse, 18 October 1948
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:45 to 10:25, greatest at 08:05 (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.