Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1954, 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, 19 January 1954
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:20 to 09:43, greatest at 08:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:11 to 06:20, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.032
- Sutak begins
- 18 Jan, 21:20
- Totality
- 07:47 to 08:15
Lunar eclipse, 16 July 1954
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:39 to 07:00, greatest at 05:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:19 to 04:39, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.405
- Sutak begins
- 15 Jul, 19:39
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.