Planet Combustion
Periods in 1778 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 1778
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 16 Nov 1777, 02:25 | 04 Jan 1778, 06:36 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Jan 1778, 21:16 | 06 Feb 1778, 15:25 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 12 Feb 1778, 03:31 | 02 May 1778, 05:34 | 79 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Mar 1778, 00:59 | 24 Apr 1778, 07:43 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 29 Mar 1778, 00:29 | 02 Aug 1778, 07:47 | 126 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 24 May 1778, 21:14 | 10 Jun 1778, 22:25 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Jul 1778, 11:11 | 08 Aug 1778, 03:33 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 16 Aug 1778, 11:09 | 14 Sep 1778, 16:34 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 26 Sep 1778, 03:20 | 08 Oct 1778, 09:40 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 24 Oct 1778, 11:56 | 27 Nov 1778, 06:41 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Oct 1778, 08:18 | 16 Dec 1778, 00:21 | 48 | 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.