Planet Combustion
Periods in 1838 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 1838
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 12 Dec 1837, 20:02 | 15 May 1838, 02:13 | 153 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 Jan 1838, 00:25 | 25 Jan 1838, 09:40 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 28 Feb 1838, 13:58 | 10 Mar 1838, 12:13 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Mar 1838, 17:16 | 12 Apr 1838, 17:20 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 May 1838, 09:35 | 26 May 1838, 04:07 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Jun 1838, 23:16 | 26 Jul 1838, 13:25 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 08 Sep 1838, 10:57 | 07 Oct 1838, 05:46 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Sep 1838, 12:06 | 26 Sep 1838, 07:16 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Oct 1838, 21:48 | 30 Nov 1838, 10:07 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 07 Nov 1838, 11:04 | 11 Dec 1838, 00:41 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 08 Nov 1838, 00:33 | 29 Jan 1839, 19:11 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Dec 1838, 08:03 | 09 Jan 1839, 10:18 | 11 | 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.