Planet Combustion
Periods in 1968 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 1968
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 03 Dec 1967, 07:40 | 20 Jan 1968, 11:42 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Feb 1968, 13:42 | 21 Feb 1968, 16:53 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 18 Mar 1968, 23:07 | 22 Apr 1968, 21:07 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Apr 1968, 09:44 | 07 May 1968, 15:33 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 19 Apr 1968, 10:17 | 17 Aug 1968, 15:49 | 120 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 14 May 1968, 14:01 | 26 Jul 1968, 21:50 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Jun 1968, 12:01 | 27 Jun 1968, 10:42 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Jul 1968, 17:57 | 22 Aug 1968, 14:23 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Aug 1968, 14:58 | 23 Sep 1968, 17:32 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 10 Oct 1968, 02:49 | 22 Oct 1968, 00:36 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Nov 1968, 16:51 | 31 Dec 1968, 23:32 | 49 | 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.