Planet Combustion
Periods in 2006 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 2006
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 02 Jan 2006, 19:58 | 14 Feb 2006, 18:30 | 42 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 09 Jan 2006, 06:51 | 19 Jan 2006, 04:20 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Mar 2006, 10:46 | 18 Mar 2006, 16:36 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 May 2006, 08:39 | 31 May 2006, 04:13 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Jul 2006, 18:17 | 26 Jul 2006, 17:26 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 20 Jul 2006, 15:01 | 25 Aug 2006, 17:10 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Aug 2006, 06:28 | 18 Sep 2006, 19:46 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 01 Sep 2006, 01:38 | 16 Dec 2006, 10:40 | 106 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 19 Sep 2006, 17:48 | 07 Dec 2006, 09:21 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Nov 2006, 13:55 | 14 Nov 2006, 21:30 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 08 Nov 2006, 04:42 | 06 Dec 2006, 02:39 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Dec 2006, 15:59 | 28 Jan 2007, 14:20 | 46 | 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.