Total Eclipse of the Sun to Occur on March 9, 2016 - Partial Phase is to be Visible in India
Total Eclipse of the Sun to Occur on
March 9, 2016, 19 Phalguna, 1937 Saka Era
Partial Phase is to be Visible in India
Partial Phase is to be Visible in India
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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