Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1955, 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 1955
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:04 to 20:00, greatest at 18:02 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 05 June 1955
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:56 to 21:49, greatest at 19:52 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 29 November 1955
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:52 to 23:06, greatest at 22:29 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 20:23 to 00:36, 30 Nov, greatest at 22:29
- Magnitude
- 0.118
- Sutak begins
- 29 Nov, 12:52
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.