Planet Combustion
Periods in 2012 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 2012
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 15 Jan 2012, 18:10 | 25 Feb 2012, 00:43 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Mar 2012, 20:46 | 28 Mar 2012, 15:39 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 28 Apr 2012, 18:00 | 28 May 2012, 22:26 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 May 2012, 06:09 | 08 Jun 2012, 18:59 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 01 Jun 2012, 04:20 | 11 Jun 2012, 09:07 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Jul 2012, 14:12 | 06 Aug 2012, 00:35 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Aug 2012, 22:22 | 29 Sep 2012, 10:44 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 08 Oct 2012, 09:17 | 11 Nov 2012, 14:36 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Nov 2012, 09:16 | 23 Nov 2012, 13:04 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Dec 2012, 10:56 | 07 Feb 2013, 06:01 | 44 | 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.