Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1948, 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 May 1948
- Type
- Hybrid
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:09 to 10:40, greatest at 07:55 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 45% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:58 to 07:41, greatest at 06:47
- Magnitude
- 0.447
- Sutak begins
- 08 May, 17:58
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 06:14 to 09:36
Solar eclipse, 01 November 1948
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:49 to 14:08, greatest at 11:28 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 09:49 to 13:08
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.