Planet Combustion
Periods in 1816 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 1816
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 17 Dec 1815, 16:17 | 01 Feb 1816, 09:31 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 19 Jan 1816, 02:57 | 21 Feb 1816, 16:26 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 20 Feb 1816, 09:19 | 04 Mar 1816, 01:59 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Apr 1816, 11:58 | 17 May 1816, 19:56 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Jun 1816, 12:14 | 11 Jul 1816, 00:24 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 25 Jun 1816, 17:58 | 06 Sep 1816, 15:08 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Aug 1816, 21:46 | 03 Sep 1816, 13:34 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 17 Aug 1816, 13:04 | 29 Nov 1816, 18:58 | 104 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 20 Oct 1816, 21:20 | 01 Nov 1816, 10:32 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 30 Oct 1816, 08:44 | 27 Nov 1816, 07:33 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 26 Nov 1816, 01:45 | 13 Jan 1817, 16:16 | 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.