Planet Combustion
Periods in 1798 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 1798
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 21 Jan 1798, 13:57 | 02 Feb 1798, 04:47 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 11 Mar 1798, 12:34 | 21 Mar 1798, 11:42 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Mar 1798, 07:57 | 20 Apr 1798, 03:07 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 08 Apr 1798, 02:15 | 08 May 1798, 01:19 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 May 1798, 08:28 | 05 Jun 1798, 08:34 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 19 Jun 1798, 19:26 | 26 Jul 1798, 04:23 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Jul 1798, 07:17 | 03 Aug 1798, 13:52 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Sep 1798, 15:07 | 04 Oct 1798, 01:29 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Oct 1798, 10:55 | 10 Dec 1798, 13:34 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Nov 1798, 11:51 | 10 Feb 1799, 15:26 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 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.