Planet Combustion
Periods in 1842 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 1842
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 09 Dec 1841, 09:59 | 06 Jan 1842, 06:57 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 10 Dec 1841, 21:57 | 13 Jan 1842, 04:23 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 Dec 1841, 18:33 | 06 Feb 1842, 07:01 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 23 Jan 1842, 15:39 | 14 Apr 1842, 09:44 | 80 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Feb 1842, 01:51 | 10 Mar 1842, 00:15 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 24 Apr 1842, 22:13 | 20 Aug 1842, 20:33 | 117 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Apr 1842, 03:27 | 23 May 1842, 05:12 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Jul 1842, 05:56 | 17 Jul 1842, 12:37 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Aug 1842, 07:06 | 09 Sep 1842, 18:20 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Oct 1842, 10:43 | 06 Nov 1842, 21:13 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Dec 1842, 20:48 | 19 Jan 1843, 19:55 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 14 Dec 1842, 10:45 | 24 Dec 1842, 09:01 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 22 Dec 1842, 06:46 | 24 Jan 1843, 13:33 | 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.