Planet Combustion
Periods in 1917 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 1917
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 17 Dec 1916, 00:38 | 19 May 1917, 10:30 | 153 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Jan 1917, 15:59 | 25 Jan 1917, 00:18 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Mar 1917, 03:05 | 12 Apr 1917, 09:26 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 18 Mar 1917, 13:35 | 03 Jun 1917, 03:15 | 76 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 24 Apr 1917, 16:31 | 24 May 1917, 19:58 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 May 1917, 14:37 | 25 May 1917, 07:35 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Jun 1917, 15:49 | 26 Jul 1917, 03:13 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 09 Jul 1917, 22:16 | 15 Aug 1917, 03:45 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Sep 1917, 00:34 | 25 Sep 1917, 21:34 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Oct 1917, 09:25 | 29 Nov 1917, 12:47 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Dec 1917, 23:52 | 09 Jan 1918, 01:37 | 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.