Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1973, 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, 04 January 1973
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:14 to 00:17, 05 Jan, greatest at 21:15 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 19:19 to 23:11
Lunar eclipse, 19 January 1973
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:48 to 04:45, greatest at 02:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 16 June 1973
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:37 to 04:02, greatest at 02:19 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 30 June 1973
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:30 to 19:45, greatest at 17:07 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 15:23 to 18:52
Lunar eclipse, 15 July 1973
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:19 to 17:58, greatest at 17:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 10 December 1973
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Taurus, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:40 to 07:48, greatest at 07:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:08 to 06:40, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.100
- Sutak begins
- 09 Dec, 21:40
Solar eclipse, 24 December 1973
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:31 to 23:32, greatest at 20:31 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 18:40 to 22:23
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.