Planet Combustion
Periods in 2008 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 2008
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 22 Nov 2007, 11:17 | 10 Jan 2008, 13:19 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 09 Dec 2007, 12:50 | 06 Jan 2008, 09:30 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 31 Jan 2008, 21:13 | 12 Feb 2008, 16:39 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Apr 2008, 04:17 | 29 Apr 2008, 06:38 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 02 May 2008, 23:56 | 15 Jul 2008, 19:04 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 May 2008, 08:45 | 16 Jun 2008, 09:58 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Jul 2008, 10:02 | 13 Aug 2008, 06:20 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 17 Aug 2008, 10:58 | 21 Sep 2008, 23:55 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 Oct 2008, 05:01 | 13 Oct 2008, 09:59 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 09 Oct 2008, 20:09 | 09 Feb 2009, 04:28 | 122 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 02 Nov 2008, 13:55 | 21 Dec 2008, 09:57 | 48 | 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.