Planet Combustion
Periods in 1776 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 1776
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 28 Dec 1775, 06:27 | 09 Feb 1776, 16:11 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 18 Jan 1776, 22:24 | 16 Jun 1776, 08:14 | 149 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Feb 1776, 08:52 | 12 Mar 1776, 12:30 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Apr 1776, 07:57 | 25 May 1776, 05:13 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 09 Jun 1776, 20:54 | 10 Jul 1776, 03:07 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Jul 1776, 08:35 | 20 Jul 1776, 10:03 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 05 Jul 1776, 23:16 | 17 Sep 1776, 03:36 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Aug 1776, 07:18 | 12 Sep 1776, 12:41 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 29 Sep 1776, 23:12 | 03 Nov 1776, 07:07 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Oct 1776, 13:45 | 08 Nov 1776, 22:06 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Dec 1776, 03:54 | 22 Jan 1777, 10:06 | 47 | 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.