Planet Combustion
Periods in 1903 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 1903
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 20 Oct 1902, 11:02 | 10 Jan 1903, 00:43 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Nov 1902, 15:05 | 05 Jan 1903, 20:33 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 04 Jan 1903, 22:53 | 07 Feb 1903, 07:43 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Jan 1903, 17:08 | 08 Feb 1903, 10:12 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 05 Feb 1903, 14:26 | 06 Mar 1903, 06:09 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Mar 1903, 18:05 | 26 Apr 1903, 04:35 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 May 1903, 08:08 | 12 Jun 1903, 09:05 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Jul 1903, 08:20 | 09 Aug 1903, 21:31 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 13 Sep 1903, 00:28 | 23 Sep 1903, 04:09 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Sep 1903, 21:54 | 10 Oct 1903, 05:31 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Oct 1903, 23:38 | 17 Dec 1903, 11:55 | 48 | 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.