Planet Combustion
Periods in 1774 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 1774
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 16 Nov 1773, 04:52 | 11 Apr 1774, 17:28 | 146 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 07 Feb 1774, 21:54 | 14 Mar 1774, 08:59 | 34 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 18 Mar 1774, 15:36 | 28 Mar 1774, 15:02 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 28 Mar 1774, 15:56 | 27 Apr 1774, 11:08 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Apr 1774, 03:27 | 19 Apr 1774, 07:45 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 1774, 00:30 | 26 Jun 1774, 11:38 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Aug 1774, 02:26 | 26 Aug 1774, 07:05 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 04 Sep 1774, 23:08 | 09 Oct 1774, 22:52 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Sep 1774, 21:19 | 22 Oct 1774, 22:02 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 27 Nov 1774, 01:26 | 18 Feb 1775, 06:46 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Nov 1774, 02:52 | 11 Dec 1774, 02:01 | 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.