Planet Combustion
Periods in 1918 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 1918
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 28 Dec 1917, 23:52 | 09 Jan 1918, 01:37 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 05 Feb 1918, 08:40 | 15 Feb 1918, 06:17 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Feb 1918, 14:20 | 27 Mar 1918, 18:04 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Apr 1918, 05:58 | 05 May 1918, 02:18 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 31 May 1918, 18:42 | 01 Jul 1918, 02:11 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Jun 1918, 05:18 | 09 Jul 1918, 22:09 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 24 Jul 1918, 17:51 | 29 Aug 1918, 18:20 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 26 Aug 1918, 17:53 | 09 Sep 1918, 09:23 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Sep 1918, 13:40 | 08 Nov 1918, 12:56 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 15 Oct 1918, 16:07 | 04 Jan 1919, 20:11 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Dec 1918, 08:59 | 24 Dec 1918, 07:58 | 10 | 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.