Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1879, 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, 08 January 1879
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:44 to 18:06, greatest at 17:25 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 22 January 1879
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:21 to 20:07, greatest at 17:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 15:22 to 19:05
Lunar eclipse, 07 February 1879
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:14 to 08:25, greatest at 06:49 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 04 July 1879
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 01:29 to 04:53, greatest at 03:11 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 19 July 1879
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:32 to 17:19, greatest at 14:25 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 3% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 14:47 to 15:26, greatest at 15:07
- Magnitude
- 0.027
- Sutak begins
- 19 Jul, 02:47
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 12:33 to 16:17
Lunar eclipse, 02 August 1879
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:01 to 13:36, greatest at 12:18 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 28 December 1879
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:58 to 22:36, greatest at 21:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 19:13 to 00:21, 29 Dec, greatest at 21:47
- Magnitude
- 0.167
- Sutak begins
- 28 Dec, 11:58
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.