Planet Combustion
Periods in 1976 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 1976
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 17 Jan 1976, 14:20 | 29 Jan 1976, 00:08 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Mar 1976, 10:27 | 15 Apr 1976, 07:01 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 13 Apr 1976, 02:55 | 13 May 1976, 02:37 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 May 1976, 06:01 | 29 May 1976, 01:22 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 12 May 1976, 06:47 | 24 Jul 1976, 16:35 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Jul 1976, 12:50 | 29 Jul 1976, 04:34 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 11 Jul 1976, 15:46 | 16 Aug 1976, 20:51 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Sep 1976, 03:55 | 28 Sep 1976, 22:06 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 30 Sep 1976, 12:12 | 26 Jan 1977, 00:41 | 117 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Oct 1976, 14:05 | 03 Dec 1976, 07:29 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 Dec 1976, 21:51 | 12 Jan 1977, 00:24 | 11 | 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.