Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1954, 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, 05 January 1954
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:44 to 10:18, greatest at 08:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 07:18 to 08:44
Lunar eclipse, 19 January 1954
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:20 to 09:43, greatest at 08:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:11 to 06:20, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.032
- Sutak begins
- 18 Jan, 21:20
- Totality
- 07:47 to 08:15
Solar eclipse, 30 June 1954
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:31 to 20:33, greatest at 18:02 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 93% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 18:29 to 20:11, greatest at 19:20
- Magnitude
- 0.926
- Sutak begins
- 30 Jun, 06:29
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 16:37 to 19:27
Lunar eclipse, 16 July 1954
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:39 to 07:00, greatest at 05:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:19 to 04:39, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.405
- Sutak begins
- 15 Jul, 19:39
Solar eclipse, 25 December 1954
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:04 to 16:07, greatest at 13:06 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 11:10 to 15:02
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.