Planet Combustion
Periods in 1973 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 1973
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 27 Dec 1972, 15:12 | 24 Jan 1973, 15:13 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 05 Jan 1973, 02:04 | 16 Feb 1973, 10:35 | 42 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 01 Mar 1973, 05:08 | 18 May 1973, 04:14 | 77 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Mar 1973, 02:52 | 20 Mar 1973, 11:30 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 May 1973, 22:34 | 01 Jun 1973, 16:20 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 28 May 1973, 11:35 | 03 Jul 1973, 19:03 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Jul 1973, 18:49 | 28 Jul 1973, 15:12 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Aug 1973, 18:44 | 20 Sep 1973, 17:51 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Nov 1973, 03:13 | 16 Nov 1973, 09:52 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Dec 1973, 20:32 | 30 Jan 1974, 08:36 | 46 | 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.