Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1855, 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, 02 May 1855
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:07 to 11:49, greatest at 09:58 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 09:10 to 10:46
Solar eclipse, 16 May 1855
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:56 to 09:52, greatest at 07:54 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 27% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:56 to 07:14, greatest at 06:34
- Magnitude
- 0.270
- Sutak begins
- 15 May, 17:56
Lunar eclipse, 25 October 1855
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:37 to 15:08, greatest at 13:22 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 12:38 to 14:07
Solar eclipse, 10 November 1855
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:29, 09 Nov to 02:51, greatest at 01:10 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
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.