Solar eclipse 2022 LIVE updates: Watch stunning visuals from Chennai, Bengaluru, Patna, Odisha, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow

Check out this breathtaking visual of partial solar eclipse from Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium has installed telescopes on its campus in Bengaluru to view the partial solar eclipse set to happen on Tuesday evening. Read more here

Kurukshetra witnesses partial solar eclipse, devotees take holy dip during the eclipse

Students from High School, Hanle enjoying the Solar Eclipse from IAO Hanle that is happening right now!

New Delhi: 04:28 pm to 05:42 pm

Mumbai: 04:49 pm to 06:09 pm

Hyderabad: 04:58 pm to 05:48 pm

Bengaluru: 05:12 pm to 05:56 pm

Chennai: 05:13 pm to 05:45 pm

Kolkata: 04:51 pm to 05:04 pm

Bhopal: 04:42 pm to 05:47 pm

Chandigarh: 04:23 pm to 05:41 pm

Partial solar eclipses can be seen up to 3,000 miles from the “track” of totality. The partial solar eclipse phase can last over an hour.

“This is related to the false idea that harmful radiations are emitted during a total solar eclipse. Although the electromagnetic radiation from the corona, seen as light, is perfectly safe, there is another form of radiation that travels to Earth from the sun. Deep in the solar interior where nuclear fusion takes place to light the sun, particles called neutrinos are born, and zip unimpeded out of the sun and into space. They also pass through the solid body of the moon during the eclipse and a second or so later reach Earth and pass through it too! Every second, your body is pelted by trillions of these neutrinos no matter if the sun is above or below the horizon. The only consequence is that every few minutes a few atoms in your body are transmuted into a different isotope by absorbing a neutrino. This is an entirely harmless effect and would not harm you, or if you are pregnant, the developing fetus,” NASA reveals.

DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY TOWARD THE SUN nor look through a telescope, even with a specialized filter, unless you really know what you are doing, if you find yourself within a viewing zone of this or any other solar eclipse.

“A classic case of what psychologists call Confirmation Bias is that we tend to remember all the occasions when two things happened together, but forget all of the other times when they did not. This gives us a biased view of causes and effects that we remember easily, because the human brain is predisposed to looking for, and remembering, patterns that can be used as survival rules-of-thumb. Total solar eclipses are not often recorded in the historical record, but they do tend to be recorded when they coincide with other historical events. For example in 763 B.C., early Assyrian records mention an eclipse in the same passage as an insurrection in the city of Ashur, now known as Qal’at Sherqat in Iraq, suggesting that the ancient people linked the two in their minds. Or when King Henry I of England, the son of William the Conqueror, died in A.D. 1133, the event coincided with a total solar eclipse. With a little work you can also find numerous cases when something good happened!” NASA asserts.

According to Physics Professor Richard Olenick, PhD at University of Dallas, local animals and birds often prepare for sleep or behave confusedly during an eclipse and local temperatures often drop 20 degrees or more near totality.

NASA scientists debunk the myth saying, “Related to the false idea of harmful solar rays is that during a total solar eclipse, some kind of radiation is produced that will harm your food. If that were the case, the same radiations would harm the food in your pantry, or crops in the field. The basic idea is that total solar eclipses are terrifying and their ghostly green coronae look frightening, so it is natural to want to make up fearful stories about them and look for coincidences among events around you. If someone is accidentally food-poisoned with potato salad during an eclipse, some might argue that the event was related to the eclipse itself even though hundreds of other people at the same location were not at all affected.”

A partial solar eclipse will be taking place on October 25, 2022, just a day after Diwali. Click here to know how align your karmas based on your zodiac sign.

Deputy commissioner (DC) Shantanu Sharma said that the solar eclipse will be seen from 4:27 pm to 5:39 pm on Tuesday when devotees will reach the Brahma Sarovar, Sannihit Sarovar, Jyotisar Tirtha, Pehowa Tirtha and other sites of the district. Read about the event here

NASA says that other than when the moon completely blocks the Sun in a total eclipse, it can be dangerous to look directly at the Sun and recommends using specialised eye protection for solar viewing. Read more here 

The report added that even in 1995, there was a solar eclipse that occurred on Deepavali. Read more here

Partial Solar Eclipse 2022: The partial Solar Eclipse will take place after Diwali 2022. Most parts of the country will be able to witness the eclipse. Click here to find out the date, duration, city-wise timings, when and where to watch, and other details inside.

Solar Eclipse on October 25: After Diwali, India and a few other places in the world will witness a partial Solar Eclipse or Surya Grahan on October 25. Click here to find out which Indian cities will see the eclipse and the Sutak timing inside.