Planet Combustion
Periods in 1974 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 1974
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 14 Dec 1973, 20:32 | 30 Jan 1974, 08:36 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Jan 1974, 04:12 | 29 Jan 1974, 01:46 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 30 Jan 1974, 16:15 | 28 Feb 1974, 04:52 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Feb 1974, 13:38 | 03 Mar 1974, 02:21 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Apr 1974, 15:59 | 17 May 1974, 05:02 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 12 Jun 1974, 13:26 | 18 Jul 1974, 22:25 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 22 Jun 1974, 21:15 | 09 Jul 1974, 12:51 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Aug 1974, 07:00 | 02 Sep 1974, 09:54 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 23 Aug 1974, 17:32 | 06 Dec 1974, 11:22 | 104 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 29 Sep 1974, 02:00 | 17 Dec 1974, 16:22 | 79 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Oct 1974, 03:05 | 31 Oct 1974, 18:28 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Nov 1974, 12:01 | 12 Jan 1975, 10:30 | 48 | 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.