Planet Combustion
Periods in 1909 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 1909
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 28 Nov 1908, 15:15 | 16 Jan 1909, 03:51 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Feb 1909, 13:59 | 17 Feb 1909, 14:40 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 17 Mar 1909, 08:34 | 21 Apr 1909, 05:38 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 21 Mar 1909, 00:36 | 05 Jun 1909, 09:29 | 76 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Apr 1909, 06:43 | 04 May 1909, 18:21 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Jun 1909, 18:24 | 23 Jun 1909, 18:24 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Jul 1909, 20:59 | 19 Aug 1909, 09:31 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 04 Sep 1909, 06:26 | 03 Oct 1909, 04:04 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 07 Oct 1909, 01:55 | 19 Oct 1909, 01:49 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Nov 1909, 05:51 | 28 Dec 1909, 11:10 | 49 | 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.