Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1861, 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 1861
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:28 to 12:16, greatest at 09:22 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 07:30 to 11:14
Lunar eclipse, 26 January 1861
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:12 to 00:21, 27 Jan, greatest at 22:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 22 June 1861
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:36 to 22:19, greatest at 20:28 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 08 July 1861
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:11 to 10:55, greatest at 08:03 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 8% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 06:02 to 06:50, greatest at 06:25
- Magnitude
- 0.083
- Sutak begins
- 07 Jul, 18:02
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 06:13 to 09:53
Lunar eclipse, 22 July 1861
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:45 to 06:41, greatest at 05:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 17 December 1861
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:20 to 15:02, greatest at 14:11 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Solar eclipse, 31 December 1861
- Type
- Total
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:08 to 22:16, greatest at 19:42 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 18:11 to 21:12
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.