Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1976, 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, 29 April 1976
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:52 to 18:54, greatest at 15:53 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 78% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 16:28 to 18:53, greatest at 17:46
- Magnitude
- 0.776
- Sutak begins
- 29 Apr, 04:28
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 13:59 to 17:47
Lunar eclipse, 14 May 1976
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:46 to 02:02, greatest at 01:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:18, 13 May to 03:30, greatest at 01:24
- Magnitude
- 0.122
- Sutak begins
- 13 May, 15:46
Solar eclipse, 23 October 1976
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Chitra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:08 to 13:17, greatest at 10:42 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 09:04 to 12:21
Lunar eclipse, 07 November 1976
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:18 to 06:44, greatest at 04:31 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
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.