Planet Combustion
Periods in 1874 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 1874
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 08 Jan 1874, 17:50 | 11 Feb 1874, 04:08 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Jan 1874, 19:35 | 21 Feb 1874, 09:03 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 13 Jan 1874, 06:51 | 04 Apr 1874, 18:53 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Mar 1874, 04:17 | 25 Mar 1874, 21:42 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 06 May 1874, 17:01 | 29 Aug 1874, 04:55 | 114 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 May 1874, 15:13 | 06 Jun 1874, 04:43 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Jul 1874, 18:22 | 03 Aug 1874, 06:11 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Aug 1874, 07:54 | 26 Sep 1874, 14:40 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 21 Sep 1874, 10:51 | 19 Oct 1874, 23:43 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Nov 1874, 18:34 | 20 Nov 1874, 22:42 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 04 Dec 1874, 10:27 | 14 Dec 1874, 09:28 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Dec 1874, 12:13 | 04 Feb 1875, 13:23 | 45 | 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.