Planet Combustion
Periods in 1788 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 1788
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 21 Jan 1788, 23:52 | 29 Feb 1788, 01:51 | 38 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 03 Feb 1788, 15:32 | 08 Mar 1788, 12:31 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Mar 1788, 08:28 | 02 Apr 1788, 14:46 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 May 1788, 01:25 | 12 Jun 1788, 11:34 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 14 Jun 1788, 17:56 | 14 Jul 1788, 23:15 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 26 Jul 1788, 20:12 | 10 Aug 1788, 19:54 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 Aug 1788, 03:30 | 13 Aug 1788, 08:55 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Aug 1788, 16:26 | 05 Oct 1788, 00:19 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 27 Oct 1788, 06:30 | 12 Mar 1789, 02:03 | 135 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Nov 1788, 03:41 | 27 Nov 1788, 05:08 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Dec 1788, 20:06 | 11 Feb 1789, 13:42 | 42 | 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.