New Year begins with a partial Solar eclipse

The New Year begins with a partial Solar eclipse that can be seen January 04 from the northern part of the country besides Europe, the Arabian peninsula, North Africa and Western Asia. Retired Professor of the Indian Institute of Astro Physics, R C Kapoor said, the partial Solar eclipse will begin at 12.10 pm and end at 4.30 pm. Mr Kapoor said, in India, the eastern fringe of the penumbral shadow of the Moon passes over Kutch, parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, UP, Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. In Delhi, the eclipse will begin at 3.11 pm and will end at 3:52 pm.