Planet Combustion
Periods in 1979 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 1979
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 15 Nov 1978, 15:05 | 09 Apr 1979, 01:35 | 144 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Jan 1979, 23:38 | 26 Feb 1979, 15:45 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Mar 1979, 14:01 | 31 Mar 1979, 11:56 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 May 1979, 19:28 | 11 Jun 1979, 07:20 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 20 Jul 1979, 07:37 | 01 Oct 1979, 22:15 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Jul 1979, 13:16 | 08 Aug 1979, 20:45 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 29 Jul 1979, 17:27 | 28 Aug 1979, 09:21 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 24 Aug 1979, 00:11 | 28 Sep 1979, 09:35 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Aug 1979, 11:04 | 02 Oct 1979, 10:52 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Nov 1979, 22:16 | 26 Nov 1979, 01:22 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1979, 16:44 | 09 Feb 1980, 22:51 | 44 | 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.