Solar Eclipse
Solar eclipses (Surya Grahan) of 2016, 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 March 2016
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:49 to 10:04, greatest at 07:27 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 4% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:42 to 06:44, greatest at 06:39
- Magnitude
- 0.044
- Sutak begins
- 08 Mar, 17:42
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 05:45 to 09:08
Solar eclipse, 01 September 2016
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:43 to 17:30, greatest at 14:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 12:47 to 16:25
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.