Planet Combustion
Periods in 1879 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 1879
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 26 Oct 1878, 17:23 | 16 Jan 1879, 19:41 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Jan 1879, 15:46 | 23 Feb 1879, 02:43 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Feb 1879, 18:44 | 19 Mar 1879, 12:23 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 09 Mar 1879, 17:38 | 13 Apr 1879, 10:05 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Apr 1879, 17:57 | 25 Apr 1879, 03:09 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Jun 1879, 02:31 | 01 Jul 1879, 14:52 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Aug 1879, 15:21 | 31 Aug 1879, 15:59 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Sep 1879, 02:03 | 28 Oct 1879, 23:53 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Sep 1879, 05:05 | 29 Sep 1879, 08:14 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Dec 1879, 05:08 | 16 Dec 1879, 04:05 | 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.