Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1978, 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, 24 March 1978
- Type
- Total
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:03 to 23:41, greatest at 21:52 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 18:59 to 00:44, 25 Mar, greatest at 21:52
- Magnitude
- 1.452
- Sutak begins
- 24 Mar, 11:03
- Totality
- 21:07 to 22:37
Solar eclipse, 07 April 1978
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Pisces, Revati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:32 to 22:34, greatest at 20:33 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 17 September 1978
- Type
- Total
- In
- Pisces, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:50, 16 Sep to 02:17, greatest at 00:34 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 21:52, 16 Sep to 03:16, greatest at 00:34
- Magnitude
- 1.327
- Sutak begins
- 16 Sep, 13:50
- Totality
- 23:54, 16 Sep to 01:13
Solar eclipse, 02 October 1978
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:01 to 13:54, greatest at 11:57 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
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.