Planet Combustion
Periods in 1848 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 1848
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 05 Jan 1848, 17:19 | 16 Feb 1848, 16:13 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 18 Feb 1848, 04:40 | 23 Mar 1848, 09:01 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 06 Mar 1848, 08:50 | 19 Mar 1848, 19:23 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 May 1848, 02:46 | 31 May 1848, 19:29 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 16 Jun 1848, 18:01 | 28 Aug 1848, 12:50 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 09 Jul 1848, 23:49 | 08 Aug 1848, 22:26 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Jul 1848, 06:07 | 28 Jul 1848, 00:37 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Aug 1848, 22:02 | 20 Sep 1848, 03:56 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 25 Aug 1848, 19:39 | 09 Dec 1848, 12:32 | 105 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Nov 1848, 07:08 | 15 Nov 1848, 13:09 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Dec 1848, 11:03 | 29 Jan 1849, 15:47 | 46 | 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.