Planet Combustion
Periods in 1878 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 1878
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 22 Dec 1877, 20:45 | 19 Jan 1878, 19:43 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 05 Jan 1878, 11:27 | 16 Jan 1878, 16:20 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 16 Feb 1878, 12:22 | 26 Feb 1878, 10:03 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 24 Feb 1878, 21:01 | 31 Mar 1878, 05:30 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Mar 1878, 19:21 | 04 Apr 1878, 06:07 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Apr 1878, 15:57 | 15 May 1878, 00:51 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Jun 1878, 14:19 | 17 Jul 1878, 15:59 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 28 Jul 1878, 22:54 | 08 Nov 1878, 07:41 | 102 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Sep 1878, 04:51 | 17 Sep 1878, 09:41 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Oct 1878, 14:42 | 19 Nov 1878, 00:16 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 26 Oct 1878, 17:23 | 16 Jan 1879, 19:41 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Dec 1878, 20:05 | 31 Dec 1878, 20:11 | 11 | 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.