Planet Combustion
Periods in 1896 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 1896
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 25 Nov 1895, 06:23 | 13 Jan 1896, 01:13 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Feb 1896, 19:13 | 14 Feb 1896, 17:48 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Apr 1896, 08:35 | 01 May 1896, 01:40 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 1896, 07:49 | 19 Jun 1896, 08:35 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 Jun 1896, 03:48 | 14 Aug 1896, 23:54 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Jul 1896, 04:34 | 15 Aug 1896, 10:32 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 28 Jul 1896, 17:12 | 27 Aug 1896, 08:17 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 03 Oct 1896, 05:47 | 15 Oct 1896, 07:35 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 27 Oct 1896, 20:56 | 30 Nov 1896, 15:01 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 05 Nov 1896, 01:43 | 24 Dec 1896, 04:26 | 49 | 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.