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Eclipse Dates

Solar and lunar eclipses of 1796, 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.

Solar eclipse, 10 January 1796

Type: Annular
In: Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 09:05 to 15:10, greatest at 12:08 (local time)
From New Delhi: Not seen from New Delhi
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 10:08 to 14:07

Lunar eclipse, 24 January 1796

Type: Penumbral
In: Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 14:31 to 17:33, greatest at 16:02 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Lunar eclipse, 20 June 1796

Type: Penumbral
In: Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 14:11 to 18:31, greatest at 16:21 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Solar eclipse, 05 July 1796

Type: Total
In: Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 02:20 to 07:32, greatest at 04:56 (local time)
From New Delhi: Not seen from New Delhi
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 03:14 to 06:37

Lunar eclipse, 14 December 1796

Type: Partial
In: Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 18:58 to 21:21, greatest at 20:09 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
Seen locally: 17:49 to 22:30, greatest at 20:09
Magnitude: 0.491
Sutak begins: 14 Dec, 09:58

Solar eclipse, 29 December 1796

Type: Annular
In: Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 08:58 to 14:37, greatest at 11:48 (local time)
From New Delhi: Not seen from New Delhi
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 10:15 to 13:20

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.