Planet Combustion
Periods in 1980 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 1980
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1979, 16:44 | 09 Feb 1980, 22:51 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Feb 1980, 16:58 | 12 Mar 1980, 16:35 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Apr 1980, 18:14 | 25 May 1980, 18:45 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 10 Jun 1980, 10:13 | 20 Jun 1980, 15:41 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Jul 1980, 02:16 | 20 Jul 1980, 07:38 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Aug 1980, 20:45 | 12 Sep 1980, 12:23 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 30 Aug 1980, 01:34 | 28 Sep 1980, 02:02 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 05 Sep 1980, 16:43 | 10 Oct 1980, 17:53 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Oct 1980, 01:09 | 09 Nov 1980, 11:08 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Dec 1980, 17:51 | 22 Jan 1981, 13:05 | 47 | 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.