Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 2006, 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, 15 March 2006
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:53 to 07:41, greatest at 05:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 29 March 2006
- Type
- Total
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:06 to 18:15, greatest at 15:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 28% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 16:33 to 18:02, greatest at 17:19
- Magnitude
- 0.282
- Sutak begins
- 29 Mar, 04:33
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 14:04 to 17:17
Lunar eclipse, 08 September 2006
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:35, 07 Sep to 01:06, greatest at 00:21 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 22:14, 07 Sep to 02:28, greatest at 00:21
- Magnitude
- 0.184
- Sutak begins
- 07 Sep, 14:35
Solar eclipse, 22 September 2006
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:09 to 20:09, greatest at 17:10 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 15:18 to 19:01
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.