Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1963, 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, 10 January 1963
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:36 to 07:01, greatest at 04:49 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 07 July 1963
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:02 to 05:02, greatest at 03:32 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 00:48 to 05:02, greatest at 03:32
- Magnitude
- 0.706
- Sutak begins
- 06 Jul, 17:02
Lunar eclipse, 30 December 1963
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:54 to 18:18, greatest at 16:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:18 to 19:16, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.335
- Sutak begins
- 30 Dec, 05:54
- Totality
- 15:57 to 17:15
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.