Planet Combustion
Periods in 1770 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 1770
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 15 Dec 1769, 08:51 | 30 Jan 1770, 04:01 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 14 Feb 1770, 16:32 | 04 May 1770, 13:30 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Feb 1770, 04:15 | 02 Mar 1770, 20:32 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Apr 1770, 06:50 | 16 May 1770, 15:17 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Jun 1770, 05:09 | 09 Jul 1770, 17:43 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 11 Jul 1770, 03:57 | 16 Aug 1770, 08:22 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 03 Aug 1770, 17:06 | 02 Sep 1770, 07:33 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Oct 1770, 16:21 | 31 Oct 1770, 05:45 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Nov 1770, 18:50 | 12 Jan 1771, 10:14 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 13 Dec 1770, 15:25 | 10 Jan 1771, 13:08 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
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.