A total eclipse of the Sun will occur on
March 9, 2016 (19 Phalguna, 1937 Saka Era). From India it will be seen as
partial solar eclipse at sunrise. The same will be visible from most places of India except from North West and western parts of the country. In most places of India, the partial phase of the eclipse begins before sunrise i.e. partially eclipsed
sunrise will take place. However, start of partial phase of the eclipse will
take place just after sunrise from extreme north east India. As one moves
towards the east of the country, the duration of the partial eclipse increases
reaching upto a duration of about one hour and more in extreme north east India
and in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Considering the Earth as a whole the
partial phase of the eclipse will begin at 4 h 49 m IST. The total phase will
begin at 5 h 47 m IST. The total phase will end at 9 h 08m IST. The partial
phase will end at 10h 05m IST.
In India obscuration of the Sun by the Moon
at the time of greatest phase of partial eclipse will be around 15 percent in
Agartala, 24.5 percent in Bhubaneswar, 11 percent in Guwahati, 18.5 percent in
Kolkata, 12 percent in Patna, 49 percent in Port Blair, 12 percent in Silchar
etc. However, the greatest phase of the partial eclipse will not be seen from
many places in India as the sunrise will take place after the time of
occurrence of greatest phase at these places.
The Moon's penumbral shadow produces a
partial eclipse, visible in the region covering South East
Asia including India, Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Australia and
the North Pacific Ocean.
The total eclipse of the Sun would be visible
within a narrow corridor in the northern Hemisphere. The totality path would
passe through Sumatra, Borneo,
Indonesia and the North Pacific Ocean. The instant of greatest
eclipse occurs at 7 h 27 m IST when the eclipse magnitude reaches 1.044 with
duration of totality 4 minutes and 14 seconds in a region of Pacific Ocean.
Eclipsed Sun should not
be viewed with the naked eye, even for a very short time. It will cause
permanent damage of the eyes leading to blindness even when the moon covers
most portion of the Sun. Safe technique to observe the solar eclipse is either
by using proper filter like aluminized Mylar, black polymer, welding glass of
shade number 14 or by making projection of Sun’s image on a white board by
telescope.
A table relating to local circumstances at
various places in India is appended separately for ready reference as the PDF
file also.
THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, MARCH 9, 2016
LOCAL
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PARTIAL PHASE RELATING TO
VARIOUS
PLACES IN INDIA
|
Place
|
Sunrise
(IST)
|
Eclipse
Begins
(IST)
|
Greatest
Phase
(IST)
|
Obscuration in percentage
At the time of
greatest phase
|
Eclipse
Ends
(IST)
|
Duration
|
|
h m
|
h m
|
h m
|
|
h m
|
h m
|
|
Agartala
|
5 40
|
-
|
6 09.0
|
15.1%
|
6 51.5
|
1 11.5
|
|
Aijawl
|
5 35
|
-
|
6 09.4
|
15.3%
|
6 52.5
|
1 17.5
|
|
Allahabad
|
6 19
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 46.6
|
0 27.6
|
|
Bangalore
|
6 32
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.4
|
0 15.4
|
|
Bhagalpur
|
5 59
|
-
|
6 09.6
|
12.8%
|
6 48.2
|
0 49.2
|
|
Bhopal
|
6 36
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 46.9
|
0 10.9
|
|
Bhubaneswar
|
6 01
|
-
|
6 03.5
|
24.5%
|
6 49.4
|
0 48.4
|
|
Cannanore
|
6 40
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.1
|
0 07.1
|
|
Chandigarh
|
6 40
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 42.6
|
0 02.6
|
|
Chennai
|
6 21
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.9
|
0 26.9
|
|
Cochin
|
6 35
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 46.8
|
0 11.8
|
|
Cooch Behar
|
5 48
|
-
|
6 11.8
|
10.4%
|
6 49.0
|
1 01.0
|
|
Cuttack
|
6 01
|
-
|
6 03.7
|
23.9%
|
6 49.4
|
0 48.4
|
|
Darjeeling
|
5 53
|
-
|
6 12.5
|
9.3%
|
6 47.8
|
0 54.8
|
|
Dehradun
|
6 35
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 43.0
|
0 08.0
|
|
Delhi
|
6 38
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 44.6
|
0 06.6
|
|
Dibrugarh*
|
5 25
|
5 41.8
|
6 15.9
|
8.2%
|
6 52.4
|
1 11.4
|
|
Gangtok
|
5 52
|
-
|
6 12.8
|
8.8%
|
6 47.8
|
0 55.8
|
|
Guwahati
|
5 40
|
-
|
6 12.4
|
10.7%
|
6 50.4
|
1 10.4
|
|
Gaya
|
6 07
|
-
|
6 08.4
|
14.1%
|
6 47.8
|
0 40.8
|
|
Haridwar
|
6 34
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 43.3
|
0 09.3
|
|
Hyderabad
|
6 29
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.7
|
0 18.7
|
|
Imphal*
|
5 31
|
5 32.4
|
6 11.2
|
13.4%
|
6 52.9
|
1 20.5
|
|
Itanagar*
|
5 32
|
5 40.5
|
6 14.7
|
8.9%
|
6 51.2
|
1 10.6
|
|
Jaipur
|
6 44
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 45.7
|
0 01.7
|
|
Kanyakumari
|
6 30
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 46.6
|
0 16.6
|
|
Kavalur
|
6 2 6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.6
|
0 21.6
|
|
Kohima*
|
5 28
|
5 35.4
|
6 12.8
|
11.5%
|
6 52.9
|
1 17.5
|
|
Kolkata
|
5 51
|
-
|
6 06.5
|
18.5%
|
6 50.1
|
0 59.1
|
|
Lucknow
|
6 23
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 45.8
|
0 22.8
|
‘ - ‘ indicates phenomenon begins before sunrise.
‘*’ Places where beginning of eclipse is also visible
THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, MARCH 9,2016
LOCAL
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PARTIAL PHASE RELATING TO
VARIOUS
PLACES IN INDIA
|
Place
|
Sunrise
(IST)
|
Eclipse
Begins
(IST)
|
Greatest
Phase
(IST)
|
Obscuration in percentage
at the time of
greatest phase
|
Eclipse
Ends
(IST)
|
Duration
|
|
h m
|
h m
|
h m
|
|
h m
|
h m
|
|
Madurai
|
6 28
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.0
|
0 19.0
|
|
Mangalore
|
6 43
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.2
|
0 04.2
|
|
Murshidabad
|
5 52
|
-
|
6 08.9
|
14.5%
|
6 49.5
|
0 57.5
|
|
Muzaffarpur
|
6 04
|
-
|
6 10.5
|
11.3%
|
6 47.2
|
0 43.2
|
|
Mysore
|
6 35
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.2
|
0 12.2
|
|
Nagpur
|
6 27
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.5
|
0 20.5
|
|
Nalgonda
|
6 26
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.9
|
0 21.9
|
|
Panaji
|
6 47
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.5
|
0 00.5
|
|
Patna
|
6 05
|
-
|
6 09.6
|
12.4%
|
6 47.5
|
0 42.5
|
|
Pondicherry
|
6 23
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.6
|
0 24.6
|
|
Port Blair
|
5 31
|
-
|
5 56.2
|
48.9%
|
6 53.7
|
1 22.7
|
|
Puri
|
6 01
|
-
|
6 02.8
|
25.7%
|
6 49.5
|
0 48.5
|
|
Raipur
|
6 18
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.9
|
0 29.9
|
|
Ranchi
|
6 04
|
-
|
6 06.9
|
17.2%
|
6 48.5
|
0 44.5
|
|
Shillong
|
5 39
|
-
|
6 11.5
|
11.7%
|
6 50.9
|
1 11.9
|
|
Shimla
|
6 39
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 42.2
|
0 03.2
|
|
Sibsagar*
|
5 27
|
5 39.3
|
6 14.6
|
9.0%
|
6 52.3
|
1 13.0
|
|
Silchar
|
5 35
|
-
|
6 10.7
|
13.2%
|
6 52.1
|
1 17.1
|
|
Siliguri
|
5 53
|
-
|
6 11.7
|
9.9%
|
6 48.3
|
0 55.3
|
|
Sringeri
|
6 40
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.3
|
0 07.3
|
|
Tamelong*
|
5 31
|
5 34.2
|
6 12.0
|
12.7%
|
6 52.7
|
1 18.5
|
|
Thanjavur
|
6 24
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.3
|
0 23.3
|
|
Thiruvanantapuram
|
6 33
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 46.5
|
0 13.5
|
|
Tiruneveil
|
6 29
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 46.8
|
0 17.8
|
|
Trichur
|
6 35
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.0
|
0 12.0
|
|
Ujjain
|
6 43
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 46.9
|
0 03.9
|
|
Varanasi
|
6 13
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
6 47.0
|
0 34.0
|
‘ - ‘ indicates phenomenon begins before
sunrise
‘*’ Places where beginning of eclipse is also visible
*****
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