Planet Combustion
Periods in 2016 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 2016
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 09 Jan 2016, 01:48 | 20 Jan 2016, 07:08 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Mar 2016, 13:47 | 06 Apr 2016, 20:27 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 30 Apr 2016, 15:43 | 13 Jul 2016, 13:38 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 May 2016, 12:03 | 17 May 2016, 22:12 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Jun 2016, 04:25 | 20 Jul 2016, 07:14 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Sep 2016, 21:36 | 20 Sep 2016, 01:20 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 12 Sep 2016, 01:37 | 10 Oct 2016, 19:42 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Oct 2016, 06:53 | 21 Nov 2016, 22:45 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 23 Nov 2016, 23:52 | 27 Dec 2016, 09:10 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 Dec 2016, 10:25 | 03 Jan 2017, 10:42 | 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.