Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1963, 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, 10 January 1963
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:36 to 07:01, greatest at 04:49 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 25 January 1963
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:26 to 21:46, greatest at 19:06 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 17:31 to 20:41
Lunar eclipse, 07 July 1963
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:02 to 05:02, greatest at 03:32 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 00:48 to 05:02, greatest at 03:32
- Magnitude
- 0.706
- Sutak begins
- 06 Jul, 17:02
Solar eclipse, 21 July 1963
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:34, 20 Jul to 04:37, greatest at 02:05 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 00:43 to 03:27
Lunar eclipse, 30 December 1963
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:54 to 18:18, greatest at 16:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:18 to 19:16, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.335
- Sutak begins
- 30 Dec, 05:54
- Totality
- 15:57 to 17:15
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.