Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 2279, 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, 28 January 2279
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:15 to 00:07, 29 Jan, greatest at 22:11 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:04 to 01:18, 29 Jan, greatest at 22:11
- Magnitude
- 1.635
- Sutak begins
- 28 Jan, 11:15
- Totality
- 21:20 to 23:02
Lunar eclipse, 24 July 2279
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:49 to 20:12, greatest at 18:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 20:12 to 21:06, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.360
- Sutak begins
- 24 Jul, 07:49
- Totality
- 17:50 to 19:10
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.