Solar Eclipse 2020: Visibility, Check timings in major cities, do’s and don’ts – know everything about Surya Grahan here

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New Delhi: The first solar eclipse of 2020 will occur on Sunday (June 21). It is going to be an annular eclipse. A solar eclipse occurs on a new moon day when the Moon comes in between the Earth and the Sun and when all the three objects are aligned. However, in partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.

The solar eclipse will be visible in India, Pakistan, Africa and China. For us, parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttarakhand will witness it as partial solar eclipse from the rest part of the country.

The duration of solar eclipse in India will be of approximately six hours. The first location to see the partial eclipse begins at 9.15 am and at 12.10 pm, the maximum eclipse takes place. The solar eclipse will end at 15:04 pm.

Surya Grahan timings in India:

First location to see the partial eclipse begin - 09:15:58

First location to see the full eclipse begin - 10:17:45

Maximum Eclipse - 12:10:04

Last location to see the full eclipse end - 14:02:17

Last location to see the partial eclipse end - 15:04:01

(Courtesy: timeanddate.com)

Here’s a list showing phases of the eclipse in various Indian cities:

Places	Partial Eclipse Begins (IST)	Annular phase Begins (IST)	Greatest Eclipse (IST)	Magni- tude	Max-imum. Obscu-ration	Annular phase Ends (IST)	Partial Eclipse Ends (IST)	Dura-tion of Eclipse
	h m	h m	h m			h m	h m	h m
Agartala	10 56.0	- -	12 45.1	0.771	71.1%	- -	14 23.6	3 28
Ahmedabad	10 04.0	- -	11 42.2	0.823	77.4%	- -	13 32.2	3 28
Aizawl	11 00.9	- -	12 49.8	0.770	70.9%	- -	14 26.7	3 26
Allahabad	10 27.6	- -	12 13.6	0.831	78.4%	- -	14 00.6	3 33
Amritsar	10 20.0	- -	11 57.7	0.935	91.5%	- -	13 41.6	3 22
Bangalore	10 13.2	- -	11 47.6	0.473	36.5%	- -	13 31.5	3 18
Bhagalpur	10 42.4	- -	12 30.9	0.811	76.0%	- -	14 13.8	3 31
Bhopal	10 14.7	- -	11 57.4	0.789	73.2%	- -	13 47.0	3 32
Bhubaneswar	10 38.3	- -	12 26.1	0.655	57.0%	- -	14 09.7	3 31
*Chamoli	10 27.1	12 08.7	12 09.1	0.997	98.6%	12 09.4	13 53.7	3 27
Chandigarh	10 24.4	- -	12 04.5	0.965	95.4%	- -	13 48.7	3 24
Chennai	10 22.0	- -	11 58.5	0.453	34.4%	- -	13 40.8	3 19
Cochin	10 11.0	- -	11 38.9	0.396	28.4%	- -	13 17.7	3 07
Cooch Behar	10 50.5	- -	12 39.0	0.846	80.3%	- -	14 19.2	3 29
Darjeeling	10 47.2	- -	12 35.2	0.868	83.1%	- -	14 16.3	3 29
*Dehradun	10 24.2	12 05.0	12 05.3	0.996	98.6%	12 05.6	13 50.4	3 26
Delhi	10 20.1	- -	12 01.6	0.952	93.7%	- -	13 48.4	3 28
Dibrugarh	11 07.9	- -	12 54.7	0.896	86.5%	- -	14 29.1	3 21
Dwarka	9 56.6	- -	11 31.1	0.840	79.5%	- -	13 20.1	3 24
Gandhinagar	10 04.3	- -	11 42.6	0.827	77.9%	- -	13 32.6	3 28
Gangtok	10 48.3	- -	12 36.2	0.877	84.2%	- -	14 17.0	3 28
Gaya	10 36.2	- -	12 24.2	0.799	74.4%	- -	14 08.9	3 33
Guwahati	10 57.0	- -	12 45.5	0.842	79.8%	- -	14 23.6	3 27
Haridwar	10 24.9	- -	12 06.0	0.990	98.6%	- -	13 50.8	3 26
Hazaribagh	10 37.2	- -	12 25.4	0.774	71.4%	- -	14 09.9	3 33
Hyderabad	10 15.0	- -	11 55.8	0.602	50.8%	- -	13 43.9	3 29
Imphal	11 04.6	- -	12 53.0	0.804	75.0%	- -	14 28.7	3 24
Itanagar	11 03.5	- -	12 51.1	0.879	84.4%	- -	14 26.9	3 23
Jaipur	10 14.8	- -	11 55.8	0.908	88.1%	- -	13 44.2	3 29
Jalandhar	10 22.7	- -	12 01.0	0.931	91.0%	- -	13 44.5	3 22
Jammu	10 21.7	- -	11 58.5	0.904	87.5%	- -	13 41.2	3 20
*Joshimath	10 27.8	12 09.5	12 09.8	0.997	98.6%	12 10.2	13 54.3	3 27
Kannur	10 06.7	- -	11 37.5	0.461	35.2%	- -	13 20.4	3 14
Kanyakumari	10 17.7	- -	11 41.9	0.329	21.9%	- -	13 15.3	2 58
Kavalur	10 19.2	- -	11 55.1	0.458	34.9%	- -	13 37.9	3 19
Kavaratti	10 00.3	- -	11 28.0	0.460	35.1%	- -	13 09.7	3 09

‘ -   - ‘ indicates annular phase of  eclipse is not visible corresponding to the places where only partial eclipse occurs

‘*’ Places where annular phase of eclipse occurs

Places	Partial Eclipse Begins (IST)	Annular phase Begins (IST)	Greatest Eclipse (IST)	Magni- tude	Max-imum. Obscu-ration	Annular phase Ends (IST)	Partial Eclipse Ends (IST)	Dura-tion of Eclipse
	h m	h m	h m			h m	h m	h m
Kohima	11 05.3	- -	12 53.3	0.835	78.9%	- -	14 28.8	3 23
Kolkata	10 46.4	- -	12 35.5	0.725	65.5%	- -	14 17.0	3 31
Kozikode	10 08.4	- -	11 38.5	0.439	32.9%	- -	13 20.2	3 12
*Kurukshetra	10 21.3	12 01.4	12 01.8	0.997	98.6%	12 02.1	13 47.4	3 26
Lucknow	10 26.8	- -	12 11.8	0.879	84.4%	- -	13 58.5	3 32
Madurai	10 17.6	- -	11 46.5	0.377	26.6%	- -	13 24.3	3 07
Mangalore	10 04.9	- -	11 37.1	0.498	39.1%	- -	13 21.8	3 17
Mount Abu	10 05.9	- -	11 44.3	0.868	83.0%	- -	13 33.8	3 28
Mumbai	10 00.9	- -	11 37.5	0.697	62.1%	- -	13 27.5	3 27
Mysore	10 10.7	- -	11 43.4	0.461	35.2%	- -	13 26.5	3 16
Nagpur	10 17.9	- -	12 01.6	0.711	63.7%	- -	13 50.7	3 33
Nasik	10 03.8	- -	11 42.0	0.720	64.8%	- -	13 32.3	3 29
Panaji	10 03.3	- -	11 38.8	0.589	49.3%	- -	13 26.9	3 24
Patna	10 37.1	- -	12 24.9	0.825	77.7%	- -	14 09.3	3 32
Pondicherry	10 21.7	- -	11 56.0	0.423	31.2%	- -	13 36.7	3 15
Port Blair	11 15.6	- -	12 53.4	0.393	28.1%	- -	14 18.8	3 03
Pune	10 03.0	- -	11 40.5	0.675	59.5%	- -	13 30.3	3 27
Puri	10 38.3	- -	12 26.0	0.641	55.4%	- -	14 09.3	3 31
Raipur	10 25.1	- -	12 10.9	0.699	62.3%	- -	13 58.4	3 33
Rajkot	9 59.6	- -	11 35.8	0.819	77.0%	- -	13 25.5	3 26
Ranchi	10 36.8	- -	12 25.0	0.753	68.8%	- -	14 09.6	3 33
Sambalpur	10 32.2	- -	12 19.6	0.697	62.1%	- -	14 05.3	3 33
Shillong	10 58.0	- -	12 46.6	0.826	77.8%	- -	14 24.5	3 27
Shimla	10 23.5	- -	12 03.4	0.967	95.6%	- -	13 47.9	3 24
Silchar	11 01.0	- -	12 49.7	0.803	74.9%	- -	14 26.6	3 26
Siliguri	10 47.3	- -	12 35.5	0.856	81.6%	- -	14 16.7	3 29
*Sirsa	10 16.9	11 55.9	11 56.1	0.996	98.6%	11 56.6	13 42.3	3 25
Srinagar	10 24.2	- -	11 59.7	0.861	82.2%	- -	13 40.6	3 16
*Suratgarh	10 14.5	11 52.5	11 52.9	0.998	98.6%	11 53.3	13 39.2	3 25
Thiruvanantapuram	10 15.1	- -	11 40.0	0.346	23.5%	- -	13 14.9	3 00
Udaipur	10 07.8	- -	11 47.2	0.858	81.8%	- -	13 36.8	3 29
Ujjain	10 10.9	- -	11 52.1	0.798	74.3%	- -	13 42.2	3 31
Vadodara	10 04.6	- -	11 43.2	0.795	73.9%	- -	13 33.5	3 29
Varanasi	10 31.0	- -	12 17.8	0.821	77.2%	- -	14 04.0	3 33

‘ - - ‘ indicates annular phase of eclipse is not visible corresponding to the places where only partial eclipse occurs ‘*’ Places where annular phase of eclipse occurs

Places	Annular phase Begins (IST)	Greatest Eclipse (IST)	Max-imum. Obscu-ration	Annular phase Ends (IST)	Duration of Annularity
	h m	h m		h m	m s
Chamoli	12 08.7	12 09.1	98.6%	12 09.4	0 38
Dehradun	12 05.0	12 05.3	98.6%	12 05.6	0 31
Joshimath	12 09.5	12 09.8	98.6%	12 10.2	0 39
Kurukshetra	12 01.4	12 01.8	98.6%	12 02.1	0 39
Sirsa	11 55.9	11 56.1	98.6%	11 56.4	0 36
Suratgarh	11 52.5	11 52.9	98.6%	11 53.3	0 45

During any type of eclipse, there are a few dos and don'ts which one most follow. We have collated them here for you. Read on:

Dos

Stay indoors, avoid consumption of food items during the time of the Grahan or eclipse. Put Darbha grass or Tulsi leaves in eatables and water to prevent the ill-effects of Grahan. Some prefer to take bath after the eclipse. Chanting of mantras dedicated to Sun God is another practice followed by many households in the country.

Pregnant women are especially asked to stay indoors and chant the Santana Gopala Mantra.

Don'ts

It is advised not to cut vegetables during an eclipse. Commencing any auspicious task is avoided by many as well.

Please note: An eclipse should not be seen with the naked eye, maintains NASA as it can cause damage to the eye. Skywatchers should use binoculars, a telescope or optical camera viewfinder with the correct filters or films to watch the eclipse. A normal binocular or telescope should not be used.