Planet Combustion
Periods in 1787 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 1787
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 15 Sep 1786, 02:52 | 05 Jan 1787, 07:40 | 112 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 30 Dec 1786, 21:36 | 09 Jan 1787, 19:13 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 22 Jan 1787, 17:06 | 25 Feb 1787, 08:36 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Feb 1787, 05:50 | 17 Mar 1787, 03:11 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Apr 1787, 06:12 | 22 Apr 1787, 14:19 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 10 May 1787, 09:03 | 09 Jun 1787, 15:57 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Jun 1787, 17:35 | 29 Jun 1787, 05:39 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Aug 1787, 04:06 | 29 Aug 1787, 05:35 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 10 Sep 1787, 16:55 | 27 Nov 1787, 18:37 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Sep 1787, 16:30 | 26 Oct 1787, 09:37 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Dec 1787, 20:09 | 13 Dec 1787, 19:08 | 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.