Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1946, 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, 03 January 1946
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:55 to 19:35, greatest at 17:45 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 31 May 1946
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:38 to 04:22, greatest at 02:29 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 15 June 1946
- Type
- Total
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:14, 14 Jun to 02:03, greatest at 00:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 21:04, 14 Jun to 03:13, greatest at 00:08
- Magnitude
- 1.397
- Sutak begins
- 14 Jun, 13:14
- Totality
- 23:23, 14 Jun to 00:54
Solar eclipse, 29 June 1946
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:27 to 10:15, greatest at 09:21 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 23 November 1946
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:54 to 01:19, 24 Nov, greatest at 23:06 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 08 December 1946
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:40 to 00:55, 09 Dec, greatest at 23:18 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 20:43 to 01:52, 09 Dec, greatest at 23:18
- Magnitude
- 1.165
- Sutak begins
- 08 Dec, 12:40
- Totality
- 22:49 to 23:46
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.