Planet Combustion
Periods in 2004 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 2004
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 21 Dec 2003, 17:14 | 01 Jan 2004, 17:04 | 10 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Feb 2004, 07:24 | 19 Mar 2004, 09:01 | 34 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Apr 2004, 09:22 | 24 Apr 2004, 16:21 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 Jun 2004, 11:49 | 13 Jun 2004, 16:49 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Jun 2004, 23:50 | 01 Jul 2004, 11:27 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 20 Jun 2004, 17:32 | 27 Jul 2004, 02:12 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 25 Jul 2004, 22:01 | 05 Nov 2004, 03:13 | 102 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Aug 2004, 07:46 | 31 Aug 2004, 10:13 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 07 Sep 2004, 17:35 | 06 Oct 2004, 13:43 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Sep 2004, 21:56 | 28 Oct 2004, 10:22 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Dec 2004, 02:14 | 16 Dec 2004, 01:16 | 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.