Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 2005, 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, 09 April 2005
- Type
- Hybrid
- In
- Pisces, Revati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:21, 08 Apr to 04:50, greatest at 02:05 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 00:23 to 03:48
Lunar eclipse, 24 April 2005
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:22 to 17:27, greatest at 15:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 03 October 2005
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:05 to 18:57, greatest at 16:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 10% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 16:20 to 17:28, greatest at 16:55
- Magnitude
- 0.098
- Sutak begins
- 03 Oct, 04:20
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 14:11 to 17:52
Lunar eclipse, 17 October 2005
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:05 to 18:01, greatest at 17:33 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:01 to 19:43, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.063
- Sutak begins
- 17 Oct, 08:05
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.