Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1788, 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, 04 June 1788
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:14 to 17:30, greatest at 14:52 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 96% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 14:45 to 17:13, greatest at 16:04
- Magnitude
- 0.963
- Sutak begins
- 04 Jun, 02:45
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 13:10 to 16:35
Solar eclipse, 27 November 1788
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:59 to 02:52, 28 Nov, greatest at 23:55 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 22:01 to 01:50, 28 Nov
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.