Solar Eclipse 2020: annular solar eclipse to be seen in India on June 21, know which country will be seen first

Posted on 16th Jun 2020 by rohit kumar

A solar eclipse will be seen in India on 21 June and in some parts of the country, it will be seen annular. Astro lovers will get an opportunity to see 'Agni-Valla' during this period. However, the solar eclipse will be partial in most parts of the country.

 

Devi Prasad Durai, director of MP Birla Planetarium, told that the circular motion of solar eclipse will start near Ghadasana in Rajasthan at around 10.12 am and the ring phase will start at around 11:49 am and this phase at 1150 am Will end

 

'Fire-rings' from areas like Suratgarh and Anupgarh in Rajasthan, Sirsa, Ratia, and Kurukshetra in Haryana and Dehradun, Chamba, Chamoli and Joshimath in Uttarakhand will be seen for a minute. Durai said in a statement that the 'fire ring' this time will not be the same as it was shown on December 26 last year. This time it will be slightly lighter.

 

The statement said that the annular solar eclipse occurs when the sun, moon, and earth come in line. But most parts of the country will see the partial solar eclipse. The partial solar eclipse in Kolkata will begin at 10:46 pm and end at 2:17 pm. However in Delhi it is from 10:20 am to 1:48 pm, in Mumbai from 10 am to 1:27 pm, in Chennai from 10:22 am to 1:41 pm and in Bengaluru at 10 am: Will be seen from 1 pm to 1:31 pm.

 

The upcoming solar eclipse on June 21 will first begin in Africa's Congo and then pass through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the Indian Ocean, and Pakistan before India enters Rajasthan. It will then move towards Tibet, China, Taiwan, and then end up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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