Planet Combustion
Periods in 1868 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 1868
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 31 Oct 1867, 20:24 | 16 Mar 1868, 20:35 | 137 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Dec 1867, 21:32 | 12 Feb 1868, 02:50 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Feb 1868, 10:28 | 25 Mar 1868, 12:51 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 Mar 1868, 19:22 | 14 Mar 1868, 23:51 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 May 1868, 17:59 | 27 May 1868, 14:34 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Jul 1868, 22:14 | 22 Jul 1868, 22:47 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 11 Jul 1868, 20:24 | 22 Jul 1868, 02:24 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Aug 1868, 16:42 | 15 Sep 1868, 01:14 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Oct 1868, 23:35 | 11 Nov 1868, 07:37 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 13 Nov 1868, 13:08 | 17 Dec 1868, 00:41 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Dec 1868, 18:30 | 24 Jan 1869, 21:34 | 47 | 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.