Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1897, 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, 19 January 1897
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 01:17 to 02:32, greatest at 01:54 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 02 February 1897
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:44, 01 Feb to 04:29, greatest at 01:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 23:45, 01 Feb to 03:27
Lunar eclipse, 17 February 1897
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:41 to 16:56, greatest at 15:19 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 14 July 1897
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:54 to 11:57, greatest at 10:26 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 29 July 1897
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:23 to 00:13, 30 Jul, greatest at 21:18 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 19:24 to 23:11
Lunar eclipse, 12 August 1897
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:58 to 21:01, greatest at 19:29 (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.