Planet Combustion
Periods in 1904 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 1904
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 11 Jan 1904, 22:18 | 23 Jan 1904, 05:24 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 16 Jan 1904, 12:26 | 19 Feb 1904, 00:24 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Mar 1904, 00:57 | 09 Apr 1904, 16:20 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 12 Mar 1904, 23:55 | 11 Apr 1904, 10:17 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 23 Mar 1904, 07:31 | 30 Jul 1904, 15:55 | 129 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 05 May 1904, 06:33 | 21 May 1904, 21:05 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 01 Jun 1904, 21:28 | 13 Aug 1904, 18:06 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Jun 1904, 23:17 | 23 Jul 1904, 07:10 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Sep 1904, 02:10 | 23 Sep 1904, 01:43 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Oct 1904, 10:40 | 26 Nov 1904, 00:48 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Dec 1904, 06:30 | 06 Jan 1905, 07:37 | 11 | 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.