Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1779, 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, 16 May 1779
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:34 to 07:47, greatest at 07:10 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 14 June 1779
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:49 to 16:39, greatest at 14:44 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 08 December 1779
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:27 to 05:36, greatest at 04:02 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
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.