Planet Combustion
Periods in 1784 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 1784
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jupiter | 20 Jan 1784, 22:38 | 18 Feb 1784, 08:16 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Feb 1784, 18:19 | 16 Feb 1784, 20:15 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Apr 1784, 12:46 | 02 May 1784, 21:22 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Jun 1784, 07:43 | 22 Jun 1784, 07:10 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 Jul 1784, 17:36 | 14 Sep 1784, 19:56 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Jul 1784, 23:48 | 17 Aug 1784, 16:19 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 08 Aug 1784, 06:32 | 19 Nov 1784, 12:31 | 103 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 05 Oct 1784, 06:43 | 17 Oct 1784, 05:31 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Nov 1784, 15:44 | 26 Dec 1784, 21:57 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 30 Dec 1784, 12:22 | 01 Feb 1785, 20:36 | 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.