Planet Combustion
Periods in 1948 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 1948
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 08 Dec 1947, 21:22 | 25 Jan 1948, 08:11 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Feb 1948, 22:47 | 26 Feb 1948, 06:22 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Apr 1948, 22:45 | 11 May 1948, 19:57 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Jun 1948, 01:23 | 02 Jul 1948, 21:09 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Jun 1948, 16:21 | 29 Jun 1948, 21:55 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Jul 1948, 22:03 | 27 Aug 1948, 08:24 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 01 Aug 1948, 11:16 | 06 Sep 1948, 08:08 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 Oct 1948, 12:45 | 26 Oct 1948, 07:17 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Nov 1948, 21:51 | 06 Jan 1949, 03:04 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 18 Dec 1948, 10:07 | 15 Jan 1949, 08:08 | 27 | Within 11 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.