Planet Combustion
Periods in 1997 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 1997
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1996, 16:07 | 07 Jan 1997, 17:23 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 05 Jan 1997, 18:04 | 02 Feb 1997, 20:29 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 21 Feb 1997, 16:00 | 11 May 1997, 06:12 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Feb 1997, 21:33 | 26 Mar 1997, 10:02 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 13 Mar 1997, 20:57 | 17 Apr 1997, 15:17 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Apr 1997, 14:06 | 03 May 1997, 07:50 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Jun 1997, 21:55 | 08 Jul 1997, 13:27 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Aug 1997, 05:00 | 07 Sep 1997, 22:40 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Sep 1997, 03:45 | 06 Nov 1997, 15:18 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Dec 1997, 01:14 | 23 Dec 1997, 00:08 | 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.