Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1952, 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, 25 February 1952
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:07 to 17:14, greatest at 14:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 44% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 15:07 to 17:02, greatest at 16:07
- Magnitude
- 0.444
- Sutak begins
- 25 Feb, 03:07
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 13:08 to 16:13
Solar eclipse, 20 August 1952
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:51 to 23:33, greatest at 20:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 19:06 to 22:19
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.