Planet Combustion
Periods in 1844 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 1844
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 13 Nov 1843, 03:12 | 01 Jan 1844, 09:55 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 02 Jan 1844, 16:47 | 05 Feb 1844, 01:18 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 Jan 1844, 18:47 | 04 Feb 1844, 09:50 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 15 Feb 1844, 13:57 | 15 Mar 1844, 11:19 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 24 Mar 1844, 13:37 | 21 Apr 1844, 07:49 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 May 1844, 15:37 | 06 Jun 1844, 15:51 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 10 Jun 1844, 22:56 | 25 Sep 1844, 02:24 | 106 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Jul 1844, 11:55 | 04 Aug 1844, 19:12 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 18 Jul 1844, 19:41 | 29 Jul 1844, 01:28 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Sep 1844, 20:22 | 05 Oct 1844, 06:27 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Oct 1844, 16:43 | 11 Dec 1844, 20:30 | 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.