Planet Combustion
Periods in 1777 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 1777
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 06 Dec 1776, 03:54 | 22 Jan 1777, 10:06 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Feb 1777, 22:24 | 23 Feb 1777, 07:06 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Apr 1777, 22:55 | 09 May 1777, 18:16 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 27 May 1777, 17:49 | 06 Jun 1777, 22:48 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Jun 1777, 07:12 | 01 Jul 1777, 02:12 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 14 Jul 1777, 15:15 | 13 Aug 1777, 11:32 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Jul 1777, 20:15 | 25 Aug 1777, 10:05 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 12 Oct 1777, 09:25 | 15 Nov 1777, 10:17 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Oct 1777, 12:14 | 24 Oct 1777, 06:00 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Nov 1777, 02:25 | 04 Jan 1778, 06:36 | 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.