Planet Combustion
Periods in 1773 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 1773
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 31 Dec 1772, 09:07 | 11 Jan 1773, 12:47 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 19 Feb 1773, 12:27 | 20 Mar 1773, 13:19 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Feb 1773, 03:48 | 30 Mar 1773, 03:51 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Apr 1773, 20:54 | 09 May 1773, 01:44 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 28 Apr 1773, 14:55 | 11 Jul 1773, 10:04 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Jun 1773, 12:54 | 12 Jul 1773, 11:14 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 22 Aug 1773, 08:22 | 26 Sep 1773, 16:24 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Aug 1773, 18:55 | 12 Sep 1773, 03:18 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Sep 1773, 07:15 | 12 Nov 1773, 21:16 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 16 Nov 1773, 04:52 | 11 Apr 1774, 17:28 | 146 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Dec 1773, 17:58 | 26 Dec 1773, 17:33 | 10 | 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.