Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1951, 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, 08 March 1951
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:34, 07 Mar to 05:12, greatest at 02:23 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 00:35 to 04:11
Lunar eclipse, 23 March 1951
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:19 to 17:54, greatest at 16:07 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 17 August 1951
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:57 to 09:30, greatest at 08:44 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 01 September 1951
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:24 to 21:18, greatest at 18:21 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 16:27 to 20:15
Lunar eclipse, 15 September 1951
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:59 to 19:53, greatest at 17:56 (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.