Planet Combustion
Periods in 1769 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 1769
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 05 Jan 1769, 15:47 | 16 Feb 1769, 02:37 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Mar 1769, 19:54 | 20 Mar 1769, 08:54 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 May 1769, 11:28 | 01 Jun 1769, 02:57 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 30 May 1769, 01:24 | 09 Jun 1769, 06:34 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 26 Jun 1769, 04:21 | 01 Aug 1769, 12:21 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Jul 1769, 23:28 | 28 Jul 1769, 15:36 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Aug 1769, 05:39 | 20 Sep 1769, 20:12 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 22 Aug 1769, 17:33 | 06 Dec 1769, 03:13 | 105 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Nov 1769, 15:27 | 15 Nov 1769, 20:43 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 11 Nov 1769, 22:43 | 09 Dec 1769, 19:24 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Dec 1769, 08:51 | 30 Jan 1770, 04:01 | 45 | 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.