Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 2016, 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 March 2016
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:49 to 10:04, greatest at 07:27 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 4% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:42 to 06:44, greatest at 06:39
- Magnitude
- 0.044
- Sutak begins
- 08 Mar, 17:42
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 05:45 to 09:08
Lunar eclipse, 23 March 2016
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:09 to 19:24, greatest at 17:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 01 September 2016
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:43 to 17:30, greatest at 14:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 12:47 to 16:25
Lunar eclipse, 17 September 2016
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Pisces, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:24, 16 Sep to 02:24, greatest at 00:24 (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.