Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 1998, 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, 26 February 1998
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:20 to 01:36, 27 Feb, greatest at 22:58 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 21:16 to 00:39, 27 Feb
Solar eclipse, 22 August 1998
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:40 to 10:31, greatest at 07:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 6% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:30 to 06:12, greatest at 05:56
- Magnitude
- 0.058
- Sutak begins
- 21 Aug, 17:30
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 05:44 to 09:27
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.