Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1778, 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, 24 June 1778
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:53 to 00:02, 25 Jun, greatest at 21:28 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 19:48 to 23:07
Solar eclipse, 19 December 1778
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:57 to 06:36, greatest at 03:46 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 02:14 to 05:18
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.