Century’s longest solar eclipse – First pics

The century’s longest total solar eclipse began with thousands of skygazers thronging the major sites to catch a glimpse of the rare celestial spectacle.

The Sun rose eclipsed on Wednesday morning at 5:28 am at a local sunrise point in the Arabian Sea close to the western coast of India near Surat in Gujarat.

Time of the eclipse across the country:

• Delhi: Eclipse began at 6.24 am
• Bhopal: Eclipse began before Sunrise; total solar eclipse began at 06:22:11 am
• Patna: Eclipse began at 05:29:57 am; total solar eclipse began at 06:24:37 am
• Varanasi: Eclipse began at 05:30:03 am; total solar eclipse began at 06:24:10 am
• Gaya: Eclipse began at 05:29:34 am; total solar eclipse began at 06:24:26 am
• Surat: Eclipse began before sunrise; total solar eclipse began at 06:21:16 am
• Ujjain: Eclipse began before sunrise; total solar eclipse began at 06:22:51 am
• Vadodara: Eclipse began before sunrise; total solar eclipse began at 06:22:41 am
• Siliguri: Eclipse began at 05:30:26 am; total solar eclipse began at 06:26:33 am
• Darjeeling: Eclipse began at 05:30:35 am; total solar eclipse began at 06:27:01 am
• Sikkim: Eclipse began at 05:30:40 am; total solar eclipse began at 06:27:15 am

Amazing pictures of the eclipse from NDTV.