Century’s longest solar eclipse in Asia and Africa

The longest partial solar eclipse of this century occurs in half of the world including Pakistan today. The eclipse was visible in Karachi at 10:45am, in Lahore it was seen at around 11:24am. Meanwhile, to ward off the evils such an eclipse brings along, Salatul Kasoof was performed in Masjid-al-Harram, Saudi Arabia, which was attended by a large number of people. The eclipse hit India at 11:00am and would continue till 3:30pm. Started from Chad, Africa at 9:00am and moving from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, China and Myanmar, the eclipse would conclude at Shandong at around 2:00am in night in Pakistan Standard Time. The next such eclipse would occur on December 23, 3043.