Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 2257, 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, 31 March 2257
- Type
- Total
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:12 to 05:52, greatest at 04:02 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 01:12 to 05:52, greatest at 04:02
- Magnitude
- 1.727
- Sutak begins
- 30 Mar, 17:12
- Totality
- 03:12 to 04:53
Lunar eclipse, 24 September 2257
- Type
- Total
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:59 to 19:48, greatest at 17:53 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:48 to 20:55, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.624
- Sutak begins
- 24 Sep, 06:59
- Totality
- 17:02 to 18:44
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.