Planet Combustion
Periods in 1818 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 1818
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 18 Jan 1818, 07:03 | 29 Jan 1818, 18:54 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 31 Jan 1818, 08:51 | 21 Apr 1818, 12:21 | 80 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 11 Feb 1818, 00:53 | 17 Mar 1818, 01:28 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Mar 1818, 13:25 | 16 Apr 1818, 22:20 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 May 1818, 20:25 | 31 May 1818, 18:18 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Jul 1818, 03:17 | 31 Jul 1818, 01:08 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Sep 1818, 02:02 | 30 Sep 1818, 16:42 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 25 Sep 1818, 00:37 | 18 Jan 1819, 21:28 | 115 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Oct 1818, 15:25 | 06 Dec 1818, 00:40 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 Dec 1818, 22:20 | 31 Dec 1818, 20:34 | 9 | 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.