Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1961, 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, 15 February 1961
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:38 to 15:59, greatest at 13:49 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 26% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 13:49 to 15:36, greatest at 14:45
- Magnitude
- 0.263
- Sutak begins
- 15 Feb, 01:49
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 12:59 to 14:38
Lunar eclipse, 02 March 1961
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:21 to 20:34, greatest at 18:58 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:58 to 21:51, greatest at 18:58
- Magnitude
- 0.800
- Sutak begins
- 02 Mar, 08:21
Solar eclipse, 11 August 1961
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:43 to 18:49, greatest at 16:16 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 15:16 to 17:15
Lunar eclipse, 26 August 1961
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:05 to 10:11, greatest at 08:38 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
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.