Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1918, 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, 09 June 1918
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:58 to 06:15, greatest at 03:37 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 02:01 to 05:13
Lunar eclipse, 24 June 1918
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:16 to 16:39, greatest at 15:57 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Solar eclipse, 03 December 1918
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:51 to 23:52, greatest at 20:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 18:55 to 22:47
Lunar eclipse, 18 December 1918
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:38, 17 Dec to 02:33, greatest at 00:35 (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.