Planet Combustion
Periods in 1780 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 1780
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 25 Dec 1779, 10:04 | 05 Jan 1780, 11:33 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Feb 1780, 19:24 | 23 Mar 1780, 04:04 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Apr 1780, 11:24 | 30 Apr 1780, 06:14 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 21 May 1780, 04:06 | 08 Sep 1780, 06:38 | 110 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 10 Jun 1780, 15:33 | 05 Jul 1780, 07:45 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 05 Aug 1780, 11:37 | 15 Aug 1780, 16:51 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Aug 1780, 00:56 | 04 Sep 1780, 17:40 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Sep 1780, 22:34 | 03 Nov 1780, 14:50 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 16 Oct 1780, 11:54 | 13 Nov 1780, 14:14 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 15 Nov 1780, 22:38 | 19 Dec 1780, 08:37 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Dec 1780, 19:11 | 19 Dec 1780, 18:06 | 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.