Planet Combustion
Periods in 1840 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 1840
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 04 Feb 1840, 18:10 | 11 Mar 1840, 05:58 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 20 Feb 1840, 20:15 | 09 Jul 1840, 20:59 | 140 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 31 Mar 1840, 11:16 | 15 Apr 1840, 08:54 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 May 1840, 23:34 | 23 Jun 1840, 09:34 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Jun 1840, 00:00 | 30 Aug 1840, 19:07 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Aug 1840, 10:00 | 22 Aug 1840, 20:14 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Sep 1840, 17:27 | 18 Oct 1840, 14:26 | 37 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 07 Nov 1840, 22:28 | 05 Dec 1840, 19:56 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Nov 1840, 01:42 | 08 Dec 1840, 01:15 | 10 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 29 Nov 1840, 12:52 | 01 Jan 1841, 20:20 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
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.