Planet Combustion
Periods in 2009 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 2009
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 09 Oct 2008, 20:09 | 09 Feb 2009, 04:28 | 122 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 10 Jan 2009, 09:48 | 07 Feb 2009, 14:00 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Jan 2009, 01:31 | 26 Jan 2009, 10:10 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Mar 2009, 14:54 | 13 Apr 2009, 18:50 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 23 Mar 2009, 01:14 | 02 Apr 2009, 00:59 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 May 2009, 04:20 | 26 May 2009, 21:55 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jul 2009, 01:07 | 27 Jul 2009, 13:30 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 31 Aug 2009, 07:04 | 05 Oct 2009, 12:02 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 Sep 2009, 11:27 | 27 Sep 2009, 07:46 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Oct 2009, 20:30 | 01 Dec 2009, 03:25 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 01 Dec 2009, 13:01 | 22 Feb 2010, 17:13 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Dec 2009, 09:19 | 10 Jan 2010, 11:15 | 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.