Kolkata: India will miss the spectacular phenomenon of a total solar eclipse tomorrow as only a partial eclipse will be seen from some place in the country.

Director of MP Birla Planetarium of Kolkata Dr. Debiprosad Duari said “In India, partial eclipse will be seen from the eastern half of the country. In most of the places in India, the eclipse will start either before sunrise or around sunrise - making the viewing of this spectacular cosmic event quite difficult,

Unfortunately for people in the Indian subcontinent, the spectacular phenomenon of total solar eclipse, which is when the disc of the moon covers the sun entirely and thus creating darkness during daytime will not be visible, instead "we will observe a partial eclipse of the Sun", he added.

The eclipse will be in progress when the sun rises at 5:51am in the Kolkata and around 6:06am the maximum partial eclipse will be visible.