Planet Combustion
Periods in 1898 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 1898
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 27 Sep 1897, 05:37 | 21 Jan 1898, 20:53 | 116 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 Jan 1898, 05:32 | 12 Jan 1898, 08:42 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 05 Jan 1898, 12:40 | 28 Mar 1898, 12:36 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Feb 1898, 17:47 | 31 Mar 1898, 00:13 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Apr 1898, 09:58 | 09 May 1898, 12:51 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Jun 1898, 09:48 | 13 Jul 1898, 06:38 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Aug 1898, 11:53 | 12 Sep 1898, 21:54 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 29 Sep 1898, 22:01 | 28 Oct 1898, 07:19 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 Oct 1898, 01:32 | 13 Nov 1898, 06:38 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 20 Nov 1898, 06:39 | 23 Dec 1898, 16:27 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 26 Nov 1898, 22:52 | 06 Dec 1898, 22:01 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Dec 1898, 14:30 | 27 Dec 1898, 13:54 | 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.