Planet Combustion
Periods in 1783 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 1783
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 24 Nov 1782, 12:36 | 15 Feb 1783, 18:05 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 08 Dec 1782, 18:22 | 11 Jan 1783, 00:44 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 18 Dec 1782, 06:13 | 15 Jan 1783, 04:48 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Dec 1782, 21:41 | 02 Feb 1783, 02:55 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Feb 1783, 00:19 | 05 Mar 1783, 19:23 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Apr 1783, 02:42 | 19 May 1783, 07:53 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Jun 1783, 14:18 | 13 Jul 1783, 00:12 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Aug 1783, 09:44 | 05 Sep 1783, 09:40 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 17 Oct 1783, 08:27 | 27 Oct 1783, 09:59 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Oct 1783, 11:06 | 02 Nov 1783, 23:07 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Nov 1783, 03:53 | 15 Jan 1784, 12:22 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 20 Dec 1783, 02:49 | 22 Jan 1784, 09:23 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
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.