Planet Combustion
Periods in 1908 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 1908
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 20 Dec 1907, 06:44 | 03 Feb 1908, 20:11 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Feb 1908, 19:08 | 06 Mar 1908, 12:33 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 04 Mar 1908, 06:44 | 07 Apr 1908, 19:26 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 24 Apr 1908, 21:50 | 20 May 1908, 04:50 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Jun 1908, 01:50 | 13 Jul 1908, 13:15 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 30 Jun 1908, 05:38 | 11 Oct 1908, 19:53 | 103 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 01 Jul 1908, 05:58 | 11 Jul 1908, 11:51 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 03 Aug 1908, 05:37 | 01 Sep 1908, 18:46 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 07 Aug 1908, 06:45 | 06 Sep 1908, 01:11 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Oct 1908, 06:55 | 03 Nov 1908, 19:45 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Nov 1908, 15:15 | 16 Jan 1909, 03:51 | 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.