Longest solar eclipse of 21st century on Jan 15

In case, your desire to witness the longest solar eclipse of the 21st century was not fulfilled on July 22 last year, due to clouds now you will get another chance for watching a solar eclipse this year.

Superintendent of Jiwaji Observatory Ujjain Rajendra Prakash Gupta told that the solar eclipse will start becoming visible in India between 11.00 am to 12.30 pm and it will end between 3.00 pm to 3.30 pm.

The best view of the eclipse would be at Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu, where it would be seen for 10 minutes from 1.16 pm and added that during this period 91.9 percent of the sun would hide behind the moon.