Planet Combustion
Periods in 1977 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 1977
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 30 Sep 1976, 12:12 | 26 Jan 1977, 00:41 | 117 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 31 Dec 1976, 21:51 | 12 Jan 1977, 00:24 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Feb 1977, 01:54 | 30 Mar 1977, 16:26 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 01 Apr 1977, 12:06 | 11 Apr 1977, 12:21 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Apr 1977, 17:27 | 08 May 1977, 17:51 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 20 May 1977, 12:11 | 19 Jun 1977, 19:36 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Jun 1977, 02:43 | 12 Jul 1977, 21:51 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 26 Jul 1977, 10:29 | 31 Aug 1977, 10:19 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Aug 1977, 23:40 | 12 Sep 1977, 11:48 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Sep 1977, 15:21 | 12 Nov 1977, 09:04 | 42 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 11 Dec 1977, 17:50 | 04 Mar 1978, 19:15 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Dec 1977, 06:55 | 27 Dec 1977, 06:07 | 10 | 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.