Planet Combustion
Periods in 2003 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 2003
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 06 Jan 2003, 08:28 | 17 Jan 2003, 12:47 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Mar 2003, 10:27 | 05 Apr 2003, 03:15 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Apr 2003, 05:22 | 15 May 2003, 12:27 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 06 Jun 2003, 15:17 | 12 Jul 2003, 23:47 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 Jun 2003, 11:55 | 18 Jul 2003, 11:54 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 13 Jul 2003, 14:16 | 24 Sep 2003, 21:45 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 07 Aug 2003, 20:17 | 06 Sep 2003, 08:02 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Sep 2003, 22:37 | 18 Sep 2003, 05:04 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Oct 2003, 09:18 | 19 Nov 2003, 10:14 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Dec 2003, 17:14 | 01 Jan 2004, 17:04 | 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.