Planet Combustion
Periods in 1791 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 1791
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 19 Nov 1790, 09:32 | 07 Jan 1791, 10:26 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 22 Nov 1790, 00:19 | 13 Feb 1791, 04:50 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 22 Dec 1790, 18:24 | 25 May 1791, 07:24 | 153 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Jan 1791, 15:33 | 09 Feb 1791, 11:36 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 12 Mar 1791, 11:00 | 16 Apr 1791, 06:36 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Mar 1791, 23:48 | 27 Apr 1791, 00:20 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 May 1791, 07:34 | 14 Jun 1791, 08:49 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Jul 1791, 03:31 | 11 Aug 1791, 01:39 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 21 Sep 1791, 03:05 | 19 Oct 1791, 15:35 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Sep 1791, 23:47 | 11 Oct 1791, 04:04 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 14 Oct 1791, 21:46 | 24 Oct 1791, 23:20 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 Oct 1791, 10:49 | 19 Dec 1791, 08:22 | 48 | 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.