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Eclipse Dates

Solar and lunar eclipses of 2020, 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, 11 January 2020

Type: Penumbral
In: Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 22:37, 10 Jan to 02:42, greatest at 00:40 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Lunar eclipse, 06 June 2020

Type: Penumbral
In: Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 23:15, 05 Jun to 02:34, greatest at 00:54 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Solar eclipse, 21 June 2020

Type: Annular
In: Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 09:15 to 15:04, greatest at 12:10 (local time)
From New Delhi: Seen from New Delhi: 95% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
Seen locally: 10:19 to 13:48, greatest at 12:01
Magnitude: 0.953
Sutak begins: 20 Jun, 22:19
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 10:17 to 14:02

Lunar eclipse, 05 July 2020

Type: Penumbral
In: Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 08:37 to 11:22, greatest at 09:59 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Lunar eclipse, 30 November 2020

Type: Penumbral
In: Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 13:02 to 17:23, greatest at 15:12 (local time)
From New Delhi: A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept

Solar eclipse, 14 December 2020

Type: Total
In: Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth): 19:03 to 00:23, 15 Dec, greatest at 21:43 (local time)
From New Delhi: Not seen from New Delhi
Totality or annularity (on the central path): 20:02 to 23:24

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.