Planet Combustion
Periods in 1897 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 1897
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 16 Jan 1897, 22:20 | 28 Jan 1897, 09:08 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Mar 1897, 23:42 | 15 Apr 1897, 14:21 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 23 Apr 1897, 22:17 | 04 May 1897, 00:45 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 May 1897, 00:45 | 29 May 1897, 21:27 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Jul 1897, 19:44 | 29 Jul 1897, 14:27 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 29 Aug 1897, 22:04 | 27 Sep 1897, 21:40 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Sep 1897, 14:44 | 29 Sep 1897, 07:07 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 27 Sep 1897, 05:37 | 21 Jan 1898, 20:53 | 116 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Oct 1897, 02:22 | 04 Dec 1897, 03:57 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 08 Nov 1897, 16:07 | 12 Dec 1897, 05:29 | 33 | Within 15 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.