Planet Combustion
Periods in 1789 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 1789
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 27 Oct 1788, 06:30 | 12 Mar 1789, 02:03 | 135 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Dec 1788, 20:06 | 11 Feb 1789, 13:42 | 42 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 14 Feb 1789, 21:03 | 21 Mar 1789, 00:45 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 02 Mar 1789, 06:01 | 15 Mar 1789, 12:50 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 23 Apr 1789, 22:23 | 06 Jul 1789, 23:18 | 74 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 May 1789, 02:56 | 27 May 1789, 21:57 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Jul 1789, 16:09 | 23 Jul 1789, 14:24 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 19 Jul 1789, 06:06 | 18 Aug 1789, 00:38 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Aug 1789, 00:12 | 15 Sep 1789, 16:45 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 Oct 1789, 08:03 | 11 Nov 1789, 15:15 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Dec 1789, 15:31 | 25 Jan 1790, 10:21 | 46 | 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.