Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1942, 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, 03 March 1942
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:01 to 08:41, greatest at 06:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:59 to 06:51, greatest at 06:51
- Magnitude
- 1.561
- Sutak begins
- 02 Mar, 20:01
- Totality
- 06:03 to 07:39
Solar eclipse, 17 March 1942
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Pisces, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:14 to 07:59, greatest at 06:06 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 12 August 1942
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:39 to 08:49, greatest at 08:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 26 August 1942
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:30 to 11:05, greatest at 09:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 08:31 to 10:04
Solar eclipse, 10 September 1942
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:27 to 23:51, greatest at 22:08 (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.