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Eclipse Dates

Solar and lunar eclipses of 1944, 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, 25 January 1944

Type: Total
In: Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 19:18 to 00:34, 26 Jan, greatest at 21:56 (local time)
From New Delhi: Not seen from New Delhi
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 20:14 to 23:38

Lunar eclipse, 09 February 1944

Type: Penumbral
In: Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 09:51 to 13:37, greatest at 11:44 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Lunar eclipse, 06 July 1944

Type: Penumbral
In: Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 09:33 to 12:46, greatest at 11:09 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Solar eclipse, 20 July 1944

Type: Annular
In: Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 09:12 to 15:13, greatest at 12:12 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi: 69% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
Seen locally: 09:48 to 13:01, greatest at 11:18
Magnitude: 0.686
Sutak begins: 19 Jul, 21:48
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 10:15 to 14:09

Lunar eclipse, 04 August 1944

Type: Penumbral
In: Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 17:26 to 20:26, greatest at 18:56 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Lunar eclipse, 29 December 1944

Type: Penumbral
In: Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 19:05 to 23:32, greatest at 21:19 (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.