Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1859, 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, 03 February 1859
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:06 to 07:26, greatest at 07:15 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 17 February 1859
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:50 to 18:22, greatest at 16:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:18 to 19:18, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.696
- Sutak begins
- 17 Feb, 05:50
- Totality
- 15:48 to 17:25
Solar eclipse, 05 March 1859
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:32, 04 Mar to 02:03, greatest at 00:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 30 July 1859
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:21 to 05:18, greatest at 03:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 13 August 1859
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:29 to 00:25, 14 Aug, greatest at 22:27 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:20 to 01:35, 14 Aug, greatest at 22:27
- Magnitude
- 1.814
- Sutak begins
- 13 Aug, 11:29
- Totality
- 21:34 to 23:20
Solar eclipse, 28 August 1859
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:24 to 12:24, greatest at 10:55 (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.