Planet Combustion
Periods in 1846 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 1846
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 22 Dec 1845, 09:04 | 02 Jan 1846, 09:33 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 24 Jan 1846, 22:59 | 27 Feb 1846, 14:57 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Feb 1846, 19:45 | 21 Mar 1846, 02:02 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 26 Feb 1846, 04:13 | 08 Mar 1846, 02:27 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Apr 1846, 15:41 | 27 Apr 1846, 04:08 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 30 Apr 1846, 00:36 | 30 May 1846, 05:35 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Jun 1846, 15:18 | 03 Jul 1846, 04:44 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 20 Jul 1846, 15:07 | 30 Oct 1846, 22:15 | 102 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Aug 1846, 11:13 | 02 Sep 1846, 09:10 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Sep 1846, 17:02 | 31 Oct 1846, 05:03 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 05 Nov 1846, 13:13 | 27 Jan 1847, 05:05 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Dec 1846, 18:11 | 17 Dec 1846, 17:04 | 10 | 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.