Planet Combustion
Periods in 1885 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 1885
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 02 Dec 1884, 11:47 | 03 May 1885, 01:29 | 151 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Dec 1884, 12:14 | 09 Jan 1885, 14:36 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Feb 1885, 13:05 | 28 Mar 1885, 06:44 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 27 Mar 1885, 07:50 | 11 Jun 1885, 03:34 | 75 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Apr 1885, 04:28 | 06 May 1885, 03:53 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 01 Jun 1885, 00:59 | 07 Jul 1885, 09:18 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Jun 1885, 17:08 | 10 Jul 1885, 11:45 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Aug 1885, 12:48 | 23 Sep 1885, 14:33 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Aug 1885, 12:03 | 10 Sep 1885, 00:59 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Sep 1885, 04:46 | 09 Nov 1885, 17:54 | 42 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Dec 1885, 21:17 | 24 Dec 1885, 20:25 | 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.