Planet Combustion
Periods in 1762 when a planet is so close to the Sun that it is combust (Asta). Marriage and other ceremonies are avoided while Jupiter or Venus is combust.
Combust periods 1762
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 14 Jan 1762, 23:32 | 23 Feb 1762, 10:28 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 17 Feb 1762, 05:02 | 06 May 1762, 21:05 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Mar 1762, 09:44 | 28 Mar 1762, 08:45 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 18 Mar 1762, 02:41 | 22 Apr 1762, 02:01 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 23 Mar 1762, 07:13 | 22 Apr 1762, 00:13 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 May 1762, 13:31 | 08 Jun 1762, 01:12 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Jul 1762, 10:36 | 05 Aug 1762, 17:06 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Aug 1762, 04:59 | 29 Sep 1762, 08:39 | 34 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Nov 1762, 16:16 | 22 Nov 1762, 19:07 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Dec 1762, 16:51 | 06 Feb 1763, 18:16 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.