Solar Eclipse 2022: Places, timings to watch the last solar eclipse of the year

The last solar eclipse of the year 2022 will begin shortly and will be a partial solar eclipse. The solar eclipse will take place between 4:29 pm and 5:43 pm. The eclipse will be visible globally like in parts of Europe, Northern Africa, and parts of western and central Asia. In India the celestial phenomenon will be sighted across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ujjain, Varanasi, Bengaluru, and Mathura.

In Delhi, the eclipse will last for an hour and 13 minutes, and in Mumbai it will be sighted for 1 hours and 19 minutes. People in Chennai will be able to witness the eclipse for 31 minutes and those in Kolkata will have 12 minutes to witness the whole phenomenon.

Timings for the Solar eclipse 2022

Delhi - 4:29 pm

Mumbai - 4:49 pm

Bangalore - 5:12 pm

Kolkata- 4:52 pm

Chennai - 5:14 pm

Bhopal - 4:42 pm

Hyderabad - 4:59 pm

Kanyakumari - 5:32 pm

The next solar eclipse will be sighted from India on August 2, 2027, and will be a complete eclipse. After this, the next major solar eclipse will be visible from India on May 21, 2031 and will be an annular solar eclipse. The next total solar eclipse will be visible from India on March 20, 2034.

Precautions to be taken while viewing a solar eclipse

People planning to view the solar eclipse should not see it with the naked eye as it can cause permanent damage to the eyes. An eclipse can be viewed using aluminised Mylar, black polymer, welding glass (shade number 14), or by projecting the Sun’s image on a whiteboard using a telescope. This year’s  Ayurveda Day was celebrated with the theme “Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda” so as to propagate benefits of Ayurveda to larger and grass root community. The six week long celebration saw huge participation from across the country and more than 5000 events were organised by Ministry of Ayush institutes/councils, with the support of more than 26 ministries of Government of India and Ministry of External Affairs India missions and embassies.

The dignitaries present at the event included Arjun Munda, Minister of Tribal Affairs; Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Ayush;  Meenakshi Lekhi, Minister of State of External Affairs & Culture; Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai Kalubhai, MoS Ayush; Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary MoA; Anil Kumar Jha, Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Pramod Kumar Pathak, Special Secretary, MoA and Prof. (Dr.) Tanuja Manoj Nesari, Director, AIIA along with representative of foreign embassies and WHO-SEARO.  

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