Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1886, 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, 18 February 1886
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:50 to 00:50, 19 Feb, greatest at 23:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 06 March 1886
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:22 to 06:30, greatest at 03:26 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 01:26 to 05:26
Lunar eclipse, 20 March 1886
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:02 to 11:28, greatest at 09:45 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 15 August 1886
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:28, 14 Aug to 00:37, greatest at 00:03 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 29 August 1886
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:39 to 20:53, greatest at 18:16 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 16:32 to 20:00
Lunar eclipse, 13 September 1886
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:16 to 17:35, greatest at 15:56 (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.