Planet Combustion
Periods in 1873 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 1873
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 28 Dec 1872, 06:11 | 30 Jan 1873, 13:57 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 Feb 1873, 14:58 | 09 Mar 1873, 15:40 | 36 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Mar 1873, 15:11 | 13 Apr 1873, 09:27 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 30 Apr 1873, 21:57 | 11 May 1873, 00:52 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 May 1873, 10:28 | 21 Jun 1873, 20:10 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Aug 1873, 12:49 | 21 Aug 1873, 01:54 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 21 Aug 1873, 04:11 | 19 Sep 1873, 08:12 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Sep 1873, 03:19 | 16 Oct 1873, 10:46 | 37 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Nov 1873, 12:31 | 06 Dec 1873, 12:23 | 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.