Surya Grahan in May 2013, Solar Eclipse on May 10, 2013

Surya Grahan in May 2013, Solar Eclipse on May 10, 2013. Time of Surya Grahan on May 10, 2013. Timings of Surya Grahan in May 2013. Visibility of Surya Grahan.

Surya Grahan, Solar Eclipse will be taking place on May 9-10, 2013. It falls on Vaishakh Amavasya as per North Indian Hindi calendars and Chaitra Amavasya in Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu and Kannada calendars.

The Solar eclipse of May 10, 2013 is an Annular Solar eclipse (Kankanakara Surya Grahanam). An Annular Solar Eclipse takes place when Moon blocks most of the sun’s light and makes Sun look like an annulus. Duration of this eclipse will be 6 minutes and 3 seconds (363 seconds).

Solar Eclipse on May 10, 2013 will be visible from Northern Australia, New Zealand, and the islands at southern Pacific Ocean. From the Pacific Ocean east of French Polynesia, you can watch the maximum eclipse.

As per the UTC, Universal Time (GMT)… the timings of Solar eclipse on 9-10 May 2013..

Partial Solar eclipse begins at – 21:25:10 hrs on 9 May 2013

Total Solar eclipse begins at – 22:30:34 hrs on 9 May 2013

Greatest Eclipse (Maximum Eclipse) at – 00:26:20 on 10 May 2013

Total Solar eclipse ends at – 02:19:58 hrs on 10 May 2013

Partial Solar eclipse ends at – 03:25:23 hrs on 10 May 2013

The solar eclipse of May 10, 2013 will not be visible in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Gulf countries, UK, Germany and European countries, Africa, North America (USA, Canada, Mexico), South America.

Except those who stay in Australia and New Zealand, no need for others to observe the rituals related to Surya Grahan on May 10, 2013.