This year’s solar eclipse will look like a ring of fire. Read here where this sight will be visible for a longer time and what will be the time of the eclipse in India and whether Sutak will be observed or not.
The last solar eclipse of the year is going to take place on October 2, 2024. There will be an annular solar eclipse, when the central shadow of the moon will not reach the Earth. This solar eclipse will be fully visible in Chile and Argentina. This time the eclipse will look like a ring of fire. In many places, the view of the ring of fire will be seen for a long time. The eclipse has no effect in India, nor will its Sutak period be considered. Solar eclipse should never be seen with naked eyes. This can cause damage to the eyes.
view of the ring of fire
Partial solar eclipse will be visible in places like Russia, New Zealand, Fiji, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, America, Paraguay, Ecuador, Antarctica, Tonga etc. According to the website Space.com, this time the solar eclipse will look like a ring of fire, at the point of greatest eclipse in the Pacific region, the moon will cover 93% of the center of the sun, due to which the sun will appear like a ring of fire for 7 minutes and 25 seconds. This sight will be seen in Tahiti South America, South Pacific after 14 years, because before this a solar eclipse was seen on July 11, 2010.
When will the solar eclipse occur and there will be no sutak
According to Indian time, the solar eclipse will start at 9:13 pm on October 2 and will end the next day on October 3 at 3:17 am. It will have no effect in India because it will not be visible in India. No rules and Sutak will be followed. Where the solar eclipse occurs, Sutak period is considered 12 hours in advance.
Will partial solar eclipse be visible in India next year?
Next year, a partial solar eclipse will occur in March 2025. It will not be visible in India. It will be visible in Russia, Europe and North West Africa. Apart from this, another partial solar eclipse will occur on 21 September 2025 which will be visible in Pacific, New Zealand and Antarctica.