The eclipse will appear first at dawn in India's Gulf of Khambhat just north of the metropolis of Mumbai Photo: REUTERSVast swathes of India and China and the southern Japanese islands are to be plunged into darkness for more than six minutes.
Thousands of amateur stargazers and scientists have travelled to what were expected to be the best places to observe the eclipse.
Meanwhile an astrologer in Burma predicted the event could usher in chaos. Some in India advised pregnant relatives to stay indoors to follow a centuries-old tradition of avoiding the sun's invisible rays.
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