Planet Combustion
Periods in 1928 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 1928
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 14 Dec 1927, 13:12 | 30 Jan 1928, 02:58 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Feb 1928, 08:35 | 01 Mar 1928, 20:56 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 23 Mar 1928, 02:27 | 21 Apr 1928, 17:40 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 20 Apr 1928, 10:47 | 16 May 1928, 00:23 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 26 May 1928, 01:41 | 07 Aug 1928, 01:17 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Jun 1928, 14:10 | 08 Jul 1928, 06:07 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Aug 1928, 02:20 | 01 Sep 1928, 04:01 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Oct 1928, 22:06 | 30 Oct 1928, 13:40 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Nov 1928, 05:19 | 11 Jan 1929, 04:28 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 27 Nov 1928, 07:45 | 30 Dec 1928, 16:20 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
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.