Partial Solar Eclipse
Surya Grahan 5 December 2029
A partial solar eclipse on 5 December 2029: not visible from Kathmandu, and not visible from Delhi.
- Type
- Partial Solar Eclipse
- Greatest eclipse
- 15:02 UTC
- Whole event
- 13:07 to 16:58 UTC, 3 h 52 min
- Visible from
- none of our cities
Not visible from: Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Birgunj, Bharatpur, Butwal, Dharan, Janakpur, Nepalgunj, Dhangadhi, Hetauda, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna, Bhopal, Indore, Chandigarh, Surat, Nagpur, Kanpur, Noida, Gurugram, Ujjain, Haridwar, Mathura, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Gaya, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Raipur, Dehradun, Amritsar, Vadodara, Rajkot, Nashik, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mysuru, London, New York, Toronto, San Francisco, Sydney, Dubai, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore.
Sutak and tradition
Sutak, the period before an eclipse, begins twelve hours (four prahars) before the eclipse starts, and lasts until it ends. Traditionally temples close, cooked food is set aside, and prayers and mantras are recited until the eclipse is over, followed by a bath and charity. Sutak applies only where the eclipse can be seen.
Never look at a solar eclipse directly, even when most of the Sun is covered: it can permanently damage your eyes. Use certified eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector.
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Calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris, which matches NASA's eclipse predictions to within a minute.