Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1785, 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 February 1785
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:54 to 21:12, greatest at 18:33 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 16:49 to 20:17
Solar eclipse, 05 August 1785
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:29 to 10:31, greatest at 07:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 33% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 04:50 to 06:36, greatest at 06:10
- Magnitude
- 0.333
- Sutak begins
- 04 Aug, 16:50
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 05:33 to 09:27
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.