Planet Combustion
Periods in 1883 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 1883
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 13 Oct 1882, 18:17 | 16 Feb 1883, 13:43 | 125 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 21 Nov 1882, 22:26 | 09 Jan 1883, 22:11 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 Jan 1883, 00:47 | 11 Feb 1883, 21:22 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Apr 1883, 10:18 | 29 Apr 1883, 09:07 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 03 May 1883, 06:06 | 08 Jun 1883, 06:01 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 May 1883, 21:27 | 16 Jun 1883, 22:37 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 20 Jun 1883, 17:59 | 20 Jul 1883, 22:42 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Jul 1883, 12:18 | 13 Aug 1883, 12:05 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 15 Aug 1883, 07:26 | 29 Oct 1883, 17:21 | 75 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Oct 1883, 09:38 | 13 Oct 1883, 13:24 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Nov 1883, 22:23 | 21 Dec 1883, 21:14 | 48 | 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.