This year last solar eclipse 2022 (Surya grahana) will occur on 25 October, 2022. Solar eclipse 2022: Surya Grahana date, timing, visible country details. This partial solar eclipse will be visible in the region covering Europe, the Middle East, north-eastern parts of Africa, western Asia, the North Atlantic Ocean, North Indian Ocean.
Apart from these regions, it will also be visible in some part of India. According to the government release, “In India, the Solar Eclipse (Surya graham) will begin before sunset in the afternoon and will be seen from most places. However, the same cannot be seen from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and some parts of north-east India (the names of a few of such places are Aizawl, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Sibsagar, Silchar, Tamelong etc.). “
In the release, the government cautioned against viewing the eclipsed Sun with the naked eye, even for a brief period of time, adding that “the ending of the Solar Eclipse will not be visible from India as the same will be in progress after sunset.” The official release mentions that the obscuration of the Sun by the Moon will be approximately 40–50 percent at the time of maximum eclipse in north-western parts of the country.
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The Solar eclipse will start at 4.29 pm in Delhi and at 4.49 pm in Mumbai. It will start at 5.14 pm in Chennai and 5.12 pm in Bengaluru. “The duration of the eclipse from the beginning up to sunset time will be 1 hr 13 min and 1 hr 19 min for both Delhi and Mumbai respectively. In Chennai and Kolkata, the duration of the eclipse from the beginning up to sunset time will be 31 minutes and 12 minutes, respectively,” it added.
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