Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1842, 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, 11 January 1842
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:45 to 00:52, 12 Jan, greatest at 22:19 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 21:18 to 23:19
Lunar eclipse, 26 January 1842
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:11 to 01:03, 27 Jan, greatest at 23:37 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 21:09 to 02:05, 27 Jan, greatest at 23:37
- Magnitude
- 0.792
- Sutak begins
- 26 Jan, 13:11
Solar eclipse, 08 July 1842
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:26 to 15:33, greatest at 12:59 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 34% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 12:02 to 14:19, greatest at 13:12
- Magnitude
- 0.340
- Sutak begins
- 08 Jul, 00:02
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 11:26 to 14:33
Lunar eclipse, 22 July 1842
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:37 to 17:44, greatest at 16:40 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 18 December 1842
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:08 to 01:43, greatest at 00:55 (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.