Planet Combustion
Periods in 1889 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 1889
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 03 Dec 1888, 03:24 | 20 Jan 1889, 01:17 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Feb 1889, 22:35 | 21 Feb 1889, 03:26 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Apr 1889, 20:18 | 07 May 1889, 22:39 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 15 Apr 1889, 08:53 | 14 Aug 1889, 10:28 | 121 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 26 Apr 1889, 06:14 | 06 May 1889, 08:56 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Jun 1889, 07:51 | 28 Jun 1889, 05:34 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Jul 1889, 00:53 | 23 Aug 1889, 02:32 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 29 Jul 1889, 18:45 | 03 Sep 1889, 16:21 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 10 Oct 1889, 12:05 | 22 Oct 1889, 08:35 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Nov 1889, 09:11 | 01 Jan 1890, 15:52 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 27 Dec 1889, 10:55 | 24 Jan 1890, 11:18 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
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.