Planet Combustion
Periods in 1899 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 1899
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 08 Feb 1899, 09:31 | 15 Mar 1899, 04:52 | 34 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Apr 1899, 18:38 | 19 Apr 1899, 20:41 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 1899, 21:05 | 27 Jun 1899, 07:42 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 10 Aug 1899, 18:55 | 24 Oct 1899, 19:54 | 75 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Aug 1899, 17:54 | 27 Aug 1899, 00:26 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Sep 1899, 16:44 | 23 Oct 1899, 08:08 | 38 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 30 Oct 1899, 12:55 | 27 Nov 1899, 12:17 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 11 Nov 1899, 22:51 | 04 Apr 1900, 03:17 | 143 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Nov 1899, 23:19 | 11 Dec 1899, 22:34 | 10 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 01 Dec 1899, 17:58 | 04 Jan 1900, 01:25 | 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.