Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1896, 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, 13 February 1896
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:15 to 00:14, 14 Feb, greatest at 21:44 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 20:52 to 22:36
Lunar eclipse, 29 February 1896
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:37, 28 Feb to 02:36, greatest at 01:06 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 22:37, 28 Feb to 03:36, greatest at 01:06
- Magnitude
- 0.867
- Sutak begins
- 28 Feb, 14:37
Solar eclipse, 09 August 1896
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:04 to 12:56, greatest at 10:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 09:13 to 11:47
Lunar eclipse, 23 August 1896
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:45 to 13:51, greatest at 12:18 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
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.