Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1948, 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, 23 April 1948
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:51 to 19:26, greatest at 19:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:51 to 21:17, greatest at 19:08
- Magnitude
- 0.024
- Sutak begins
- 23 Apr, 09:51
Solar eclipse, 09 May 1948
- Type
- Hybrid
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:09 to 10:40, greatest at 07:55 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 45% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:58 to 07:41, greatest at 06:47
- Magnitude
- 0.447
- Sutak begins
- 08 May, 17:58
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 06:14 to 09:36
Lunar eclipse, 18 October 1948
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:45 to 10:25, greatest at 08:05 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 01 November 1948
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:49 to 14:08, greatest at 11:28 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 09:49 to 13:08
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.