Planet Combustion
Periods in 1978 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 1978
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 11 Dec 1977, 17:50 | 04 Mar 1978, 19:15 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Feb 1978, 14:31 | 14 Mar 1978, 20:21 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Apr 1978, 04:35 | 19 Apr 1978, 03:50 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 1978, 13:32 | 26 Jun 1978, 23:38 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Jun 1978, 14:03 | 25 Jul 1978, 17:49 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 09 Aug 1978, 21:48 | 14 Sep 1978, 14:54 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Aug 1978, 03:54 | 26 Aug 1978, 12:45 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Sep 1978, 08:01 | 22 Oct 1978, 11:52 | 38 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 Nov 1978, 02:28 | 13 Nov 1978, 03:08 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 15 Nov 1978, 15:05 | 09 Apr 1979, 01:35 | 144 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Nov 1978, 15:38 | 11 Dec 1978, 15:05 | 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.