Planet Combustion
Periods in 2002 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 2002
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 04 Dec 2001, 02:02 | 25 Feb 2002, 05:57 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Jan 2002, 01:52 | 02 Feb 2002, 14:34 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Mar 2002, 11:57 | 20 Apr 2002, 16:40 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 May 2002, 00:06 | 04 Jun 2002, 22:43 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 22 May 2002, 14:59 | 27 Jun 2002, 20:51 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 17 Jun 2002, 15:31 | 01 Oct 2002, 03:05 | 105 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 05 Jul 2002, 05:44 | 04 Aug 2002, 06:55 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Jul 2002, 21:30 | 03 Aug 2002, 21:45 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Sep 2002, 23:02 | 04 Oct 2002, 12:25 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Oct 2002, 13:55 | 10 Dec 2002, 04:50 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 26 Oct 2002, 16:49 | 05 Nov 2002, 17:59 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 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.