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Partial/Annular Solar Eclipse is visible on May 30/31
2003.
This is visible in Europe (Great Britain, Germany,
Turkey etc), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran,
Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE), northern India, Alaska
and Canada. 
Start/end of eclipse is provided for some cities in
GMT in the URL:
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/LC/LC2003.html#2003May31A
More Information is available in NASA's web.
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/OH2003.html#SE2003May31A

If Latitude, Longitude and Altitude of a city from
URLS
(http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/ASE2003/ASE2003tab/ASE2003-Tab14.html)
(http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/ASE2003/ASE2003tab/ASE2003-Tab13.html)
are plugged into a calculator provided by NASA at URL,
(http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/ASE2003/ASE2003txt/ASE2003-calc.html)

this displays the eclipse (start, maximum, end) in
local day/time (GMT).

How to use this calculator:
Let us try for Ridya (Saudi Arabia) from table13 above
whose co-ordinates are,
(Latitude: 24 deg 38' N; Longitude: 46 deg 43' E; Elev
(Altitude) 591)
The calculator returned:
Date: May 31, 2003
Eclipse started when Sun was below horizon 
Mid eclipse: 2.31 (GMT) (calculate the local time)
Eclipse ends: 3.17 GMT
Please read the instructions given below the
calculations in the calculator.

As per Arcotu Sarvamuhurtha Vakya Panchangam, solar
eciplse is visible
in the northern part of India on Saturday, May 31,
2003 (IST).

City Eclipse Begins Eclipse ends

Delhi 7.37 AM 8.31 AM
Jaipur 7.36 AM 8.24 AM
Dwaraka 7.29 AM 8.14 AM
Simla 7.34 AM 8.44 AM
Srinagar 7.31 AM 8.59 AM

Please consult an astrologer, or those who are
knowledgeable in this
area.

narayana!

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