Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1969, 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, 03 April 1969
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:10, 02 Apr to 01:54, greatest at 00:02 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 27 August 1969
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:01 to 16:33, greatest at 16:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 26 September 1969
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:36, 25 Sep to 03:42, greatest at 01:39 (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.