Planet Combustion
Periods in 1916 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 1916
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 20 Nov 1915, 21:56 | 09 Jan 1916, 00:52 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Jan 1916, 11:28 | 11 Feb 1916, 06:23 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 18 Mar 1916, 03:17 | 16 Apr 1916, 16:04 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 31 Mar 1916, 17:16 | 27 Apr 1916, 21:20 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 May 1916, 18:30 | 14 Jun 1916, 19:43 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 24 Jun 1916, 21:29 | 31 Jul 1916, 05:57 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 28 Jun 1916, 22:24 | 09 Jul 1916, 04:21 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Jul 1916, 00:47 | 11 Aug 1916, 19:31 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Sep 1916, 18:38 | 12 Oct 1916, 00:09 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Nov 1916, 01:56 | 19 Dec 1916, 20:27 | 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.