Planet Combustion
Periods in 2005 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 2005
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 24 Jan 2005, 00:16 | 03 Mar 2005, 07:16 | 38 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Feb 2005, 03:16 | 08 May 2005, 22:22 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Mar 2005, 12:32 | 05 Apr 2005, 17:44 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 May 2005, 07:27 | 15 Jun 2005, 17:39 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 05 Jul 2005, 18:27 | 11 Aug 2005, 00:54 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Jul 2005, 23:04 | 13 Aug 2005, 23:47 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Sep 2005, 22:21 | 08 Oct 2005, 02:07 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 08 Oct 2005, 13:25 | 05 Nov 2005, 19:59 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Nov 2005, 09:42 | 30 Nov 2005, 11:21 | 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.