Planet Combustion
Periods in 1999 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 1999
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 12 Jan 1999, 04:55 | 22 Feb 1999, 04:14 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Mar 1999, 22:24 | 26 Mar 1999, 13:47 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 17 Mar 1999, 19:35 | 16 Apr 1999, 07:33 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 10 Apr 1999, 01:25 | 15 May 1999, 12:19 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 May 1999, 11:46 | 07 Jun 1999, 02:00 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Jul 1999, 08:13 | 03 Aug 1999, 21:57 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 15 Aug 1999, 14:43 | 25 Aug 1999, 19:42 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Aug 1999, 05:02 | 27 Sep 1999, 04:30 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Nov 1999, 15:20 | 21 Nov 1999, 20:00 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Dec 1999, 21:45 | 05 Feb 2000, 07:16 | 45 | 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.