Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1840, 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 March 1840
- Type
- Hybrid
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:19 to 12:22, greatest at 09:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 74% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 07:59 to 10:28, greatest at 09:09
- Magnitude
- 0.744
- Sutak begins
- 03 Mar, 19:59
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 08:30 to 11:12
Solar eclipse, 27 August 1840
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:57 to 15:03, greatest at 12:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 11:05 to 13:55
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.