Planet Combustion
Periods in 1998 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 1998
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 11 Jan 1998, 18:14 | 21 Jan 1998, 15:42 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Feb 1998, 02:11 | 10 Mar 1998, 11:50 | 36 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 09 Feb 1998, 07:13 | 10 Mar 1998, 00:18 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 28 Feb 1998, 23:54 | 16 Jul 1998, 22:07 | 137 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 27 Mar 1998, 06:13 | 01 May 1998, 08:50 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Mar 1998, 07:43 | 13 Apr 1998, 23:44 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 May 1998, 07:36 | 22 Jun 1998, 17:07 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Aug 1998, 04:22 | 21 Aug 1998, 19:24 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Sep 1998, 23:46 | 16 Oct 1998, 22:20 | 36 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 22 Sep 1998, 01:44 | 09 Dec 1998, 22:45 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Nov 1998, 09:32 | 07 Dec 1998, 09:38 | 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.