Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1966, 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, 05 May 1966
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:38 to 04:44, greatest at 02:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 20 May 1966
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:20 to 17:56, greatest at 15:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 48% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 15:38 to 17:50, greatest at 16:49
- Magnitude
- 0.479
- Sutak begins
- 20 May, 03:38
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 13:23 to 16:52
Lunar eclipse, 29 October 1966
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:25 to 17:59, greatest at 15:42 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 12 November 1966
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:12 to 22:32, greatest at 19:52 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 18:12 to 21:32
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.