Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 2012, 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, 21 May 2012
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:26 to 08:19, greatest at 05:22 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 03:36 to 07:09
Lunar eclipse, 04 June 2012
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:29 to 17:36, greatest at 16:33 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Solar eclipse, 14 November 2012
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 01:08 to 06:15, greatest at 03:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 02:05 to 05:18
Lunar eclipse, 28 November 2012
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:44 to 22:21, greatest at 20:02 (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.