The New Year begins with a partial solar eclipse that can be seen on Tuesday from the northern part of the country besides from Europe, the Arabian peninsula, North Africa and Western Asia. Retired Professor of Indian Astro Physics, R C Kapoor said, the partial solar eclipse will begin at 12:10:11 IST and end at 16:30:54 IST. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the Earth's view of the Sun. Mr Kapoor said, in India, the eastern fringe of the penumbral shadow of the Moon passes over Kutch, parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, UP, Delhi, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. In Delhi, the eclipse will begin at 15:11:49 and end at 15:52:02 IST. Experts warned against seeing the eclipse with the naked eye. The Sun's disk can be viewed using appropriate filters to block the harmful part of the Sun's radiation.