Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 2268, 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, 29 February 2268
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:15 to 10:47, greatest at 09:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 06:19 to 06:19, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.660
- Sutak begins
- 28 Feb, 22:15
- Totality
- 08:13 to 09:49
Lunar eclipse, 23 August 2268
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:07 to 18:54, greatest at 17:00 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:54 to 19:59, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.592
- Sutak begins
- 23 Aug, 06:07
- Totality
- 16:10 to 17:50
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.