Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1855, 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 1855
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:56 to 09:52, greatest at 07:54 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 27% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:56 to 07:14, greatest at 06:34
- Magnitude
- 0.270
- Sutak begins
- 15 May, 17:56
Solar eclipse, 10 November 1855
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:29, 09 Nov to 02:51, greatest at 01:10 (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.