Planet Combustion
Periods in 1771 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 1771
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Venus | 04 Jan 1771, 20:50 | 14 Jan 1771, 18:28 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Feb 1771, 23:37 | 13 Feb 1771, 23:25 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Apr 1771, 14:57 | 01 May 1771, 04:48 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 1771, 21:15 | 19 Jun 1771, 21:39 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Jul 1771, 07:29 | 15 Aug 1771, 17:14 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 25 Jul 1771, 21:33 | 30 Aug 1771, 20:30 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 15 Sep 1771, 07:57 | 02 Dec 1771, 21:15 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 30 Sep 1771, 22:11 | 28 Jan 1772, 09:21 | 119 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 03 Oct 1771, 10:51 | 15 Oct 1771, 11:31 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Nov 1771, 11:21 | 24 Dec 1771, 15:45 | 49 | 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.