Planet Combustion
Periods in 1886 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 1886
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 05 Feb 1886, 00:31 | 12 Mar 1886, 10:19 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 14 Feb 1886, 02:13 | 23 Feb 1886, 23:46 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Apr 1886, 16:37 | 16 Apr 1886, 14:46 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 May 1886, 03:49 | 24 Jun 1886, 13:51 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 16 Jun 1886, 03:11 | 22 Jul 1886, 12:11 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Aug 1886, 15:35 | 24 Aug 1886, 01:21 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Sep 1886, 21:57 | 19 Oct 1886, 21:15 | 37 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Sep 1886, 15:28 | 24 Oct 1886, 02:32 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 24 Oct 1886, 07:14 | 14 Jan 1887, 05:36 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Nov 1886, 05:57 | 09 Dec 1886, 05:28 | 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.