Planet Combustion
Periods in 1796 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 1796
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 22 Dec 1795, 10:52 | 05 Feb 1796, 01:27 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Jan 1796, 19:00 | 23 Feb 1796, 06:40 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 Feb 1796, 20:39 | 07 Mar 1796, 18:37 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Apr 1796, 22:22 | 21 May 1796, 00:32 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 20 May 1796, 13:11 | 25 Jun 1796, 20:14 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Jun 1796, 23:04 | 15 Jul 1796, 06:09 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 31 Jul 1796, 19:15 | 11 Aug 1796, 00:50 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Aug 1796, 02:25 | 07 Sep 1796, 12:15 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Oct 1796, 05:46 | 04 Nov 1796, 16:27 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Nov 1796, 13:41 | 17 Jan 1797, 14:02 | 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.