Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1956, 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, 24 May 1956
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:19 to 22:43, greatest at 21:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:19 to 23:55, greatest at 21:01
- Magnitude
- 0.965
- Sutak begins
- 24 May, 10:19
Solar eclipse, 09 June 1956
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:41 to 04:59, greatest at 02:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 02:01 to 03:39
Lunar eclipse, 18 November 1956
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:32 to 14:02, greatest at 12:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 11:38 to 12:56
Solar eclipse, 02 December 1956
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:21 to 15:38, greatest at 13:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 37% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 12:50 to 15:27, greatest at 14:13
- Magnitude
- 0.368
- Sutak begins
- 02 Dec, 00:50
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.