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Eclipse Dates

Solar and lunar eclipses of 1955, 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, 08 January 1955

Type: Penumbral
In: Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 16:04 to 20:00, greatest at 18:02 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Lunar eclipse, 05 June 1955

Type: Penumbral
In: Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 17:56 to 21:49, greatest at 19:52 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Solar eclipse, 20 June 1955

Type: Total
In: Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 07:03 to 12:17, greatest at 09:40 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi: 35% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
Seen locally: 07:37 to 09:19, greatest at 08:25
Magnitude: 0.349
Sutak begins: 19 Jun, 19:37
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 07:56 to 11:23

Lunar eclipse, 29 November 1955

Type: Partial
In: Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 21:52 to 23:06, greatest at 22:29 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
Seen locally: 20:23 to 00:36, 30 Nov, greatest at 22:29
Magnitude: 0.118
Sutak begins: 29 Nov, 12:52

Solar eclipse, 14 December 1955

Type: Annular
In: Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 09:31 to 15:32, greatest at 12:31 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi: 38% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
Seen locally: 11:13 to 14:34, greatest at 12:58
Magnitude: 0.379
Sutak begins: 13 Dec, 23:13
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 10:40 to 14:23

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.