Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 2016, 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, 23 March 2016
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:09 to 19:24, greatest at 17:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 17 September 2016
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Pisces, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:24, 16 Sep to 02:24, greatest at 00:24 (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.