Planet Combustion
Periods in 1768 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 1768
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 27 Jan 1768, 15:06 | 04 Mar 1768, 11:20 | 36 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Mar 1768, 03:15 | 07 Apr 1768, 16:35 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 May 1768, 07:57 | 16 Jun 1768, 17:37 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 11 Jun 1768, 01:32 | 17 Jul 1768, 10:50 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 08 Jul 1768, 05:03 | 19 Sep 1768, 11:16 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 Jul 1768, 21:48 | 15 Aug 1768, 15:12 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Sep 1768, 23:41 | 10 Oct 1768, 11:14 | 36 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 12 Oct 1768, 04:51 | 09 Nov 1768, 08:30 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 20 Nov 1768, 10:04 | 01 Dec 1768, 10:27 | 11 | 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.