Planet Combustion
Periods in 1779 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 1779
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 02 Jan 1779, 09:15 | 12 Jan 1779, 06:51 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Jan 1779, 02:03 | 21 Jan 1779, 09:51 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Mar 1779, 09:39 | 08 Apr 1779, 19:42 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 May 1779, 18:27 | 21 May 1779, 10:27 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Jun 1779, 02:13 | 22 Jul 1779, 12:11 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Sep 1779, 08:34 | 22 Sep 1779, 06:35 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 13 Sep 1779, 00:16 | 30 Nov 1779, 07:58 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 16 Sep 1779, 19:42 | 15 Oct 1779, 10:00 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 10 Oct 1779, 17:19 | 25 Nov 1779, 15:09 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 05 Nov 1779, 07:55 | 08 Dec 1779, 21:42 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 25 Dec 1779, 10:04 | 05 Jan 1780, 11:33 | 11 | 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.