Planet Combustion
Periods in 1996 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 1996
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 05 Dec 1995, 04:42 | 02 Jan 1996, 00:49 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 21 Dec 1995, 05:17 | 22 May 1996, 19:10 | 153 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Jan 1996, 08:00 | 24 Jan 1996, 15:24 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 29 Feb 1996, 21:39 | 04 Apr 1996, 07:54 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Mar 1996, 13:04 | 11 Apr 1996, 01:55 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 May 1996, 20:16 | 23 May 1996, 11:30 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 05 Jun 1996, 19:17 | 16 Jun 1996, 00:30 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Jun 1996, 08:44 | 24 Jul 1996, 17:31 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Sep 1996, 13:17 | 24 Sep 1996, 12:08 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Oct 1996, 21:42 | 27 Nov 1996, 15:40 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1996, 16:07 | 07 Jan 1997, 17:23 | 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.