Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1996, 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, 04 April 1996
- Type
- Total
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 03:51 to 07:28, greatest at 05:39 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:47 to 05:39, greatest at 05:39
- Magnitude
- 1.379
- Sutak begins
- 03 Apr, 18:51
- Totality
- 04:56 to 06:22
Solar eclipse, 18 April 1996
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:01 to 06:13, greatest at 04:07 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 27 September 1996
- Type
- Total
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:42 to 10:06, greatest at 08:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:43 to 05:43, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.240
- Sutak begins
- 26 Sep, 21:42
- Totality
- 07:49 to 08:58
Solar eclipse, 12 October 1996
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Virgo, Chitra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:29 to 21:34, greatest at 19:31 (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.