Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1961, 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, 02 March 1961
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:21 to 20:34, greatest at 18:58 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:58 to 21:51, greatest at 18:58
- Magnitude
- 0.800
- Sutak begins
- 02 Mar, 08:21
Lunar eclipse, 26 August 1961
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:05 to 10:11, greatest at 08:38 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
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.