Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1888, 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, 29 January 1888
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:51 to 06:30, greatest at 04:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 01:50 to 06:30, greatest at 04:41
- Magnitude
- 1.646
- Sutak begins
- 28 Jan, 17:51
- Totality
- 03:52 to 05:30
Solar eclipse, 12 February 1888
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 03:16 to 06:42, greatest at 04:59 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 09 July 1888
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:11 to 13:32, greatest at 11:52 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 23 July 1888
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:16 to 12:55, greatest at 11:05 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 10:15 to 11:56
Solar eclipse, 07 August 1888
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:24 to 00:29, 08 Aug, greatest at 23:26 (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.