Planet Combustion
Periods in 1972 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 1972
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 27 Jan 1972, 04:39 | 04 Mar 1972, 21:42 | 37 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Mar 1972, 06:47 | 07 Apr 1972, 15:11 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 13 May 1972, 12:54 | 18 Jun 1972, 16:33 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 May 1972, 20:26 | 17 Jun 1972, 06:15 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 12 Jun 1972, 17:52 | 22 Jun 1972, 23:22 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 17 Jul 1972, 12:20 | 27 Oct 1972, 21:28 | 102 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 31 Jul 1972, 21:04 | 15 Aug 1972, 18:52 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Sep 1972, 11:25 | 10 Oct 1972, 03:41 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Nov 1972, 22:33 | 01 Dec 1972, 23:39 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 27 Dec 1972, 15:12 | 24 Jan 1973, 15:13 | 28 | 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.