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Eclipse Dates

Solar and lunar eclipses of 1871, 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, 07 January 1871

Type: Partial
In: Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 01:07 to 04:08, greatest at 02:37 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
Seen locally: 23:48, 06 Jan to 05:26, greatest at 02:37
Magnitude: 0.689
Sutak begins: 06 Jan, 16:07

Solar eclipse, 18 June 1871

Type: Annular
In: Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 04:58 to 10:53, greatest at 07:56 (local time)
From New Delhi: Not seen from New Delhi
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 06:08 to 09:44

Lunar eclipse, 02 July 1871

Type: Partial
In: Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 17:47 to 19:50, greatest at 18:48 (local time)
From New Delhi: Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
Seen locally: 19:50 to 21:02, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
Magnitude: 0.344
Sutak begins: 02 Jul, 08:47

Solar eclipse, 12 December 1871

Type: Total
In: Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 06:47 to 12:02, greatest at 09:24 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi: 53% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
Seen locally: 06:55 to 08:46, greatest at 07:48
Magnitude: 0.525
Sutak begins: 11 Dec, 18:55
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 07:42 to 11:06

Lunar eclipse, 27 December 1871

Type: Penumbral
In: Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 00:53 to 04:27, greatest at 02:40 (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.