Planet Combustion
Periods in 1872 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 1872
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 17 Dec 1871, 20:33 | 20 Jan 1872, 03:16 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1871, 19:01 | 07 Jan 1872, 20:40 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Feb 1872, 07:50 | 25 Mar 1872, 13:11 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 07 Mar 1872, 12:01 | 20 Jul 1872, 00:59 | 134 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Apr 1872, 23:32 | 02 May 1872, 19:23 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 09 Jun 1872, 22:56 | 21 Aug 1872, 17:32 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Jun 1872, 00:27 | 07 Jul 1872, 17:05 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 19 Jul 1872, 10:44 | 18 Aug 1872, 06:00 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 24 Aug 1872, 11:57 | 07 Sep 1872, 03:51 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Sep 1872, 08:20 | 06 Nov 1872, 05:15 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Dec 1872, 04:06 | 22 Dec 1872, 03:04 | 10 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 28 Dec 1872, 06:11 | 30 Jan 1873, 13:57 | 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.