Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1956, 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 June 1956
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:41 to 04:59, greatest at 02:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 02:01 to 03:39
Solar eclipse, 02 December 1956
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:21 to 15:38, greatest at 13:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 37% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 12:50 to 15:27, greatest at 14:13
- Magnitude
- 0.368
- Sutak begins
- 02 Dec, 00:50
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.