Planet Combustion
Periods in 2017 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 2017
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 23 Dec 2016, 10:25 | 03 Jan 2017, 10:42 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Feb 2017, 14:55 | 22 Mar 2017, 03:06 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 20 Mar 2017, 16:16 | 30 Mar 2017, 15:49 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Apr 2017, 12:30 | 27 Apr 2017, 23:18 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 31 May 2017, 16:42 | 17 Sep 2017, 10:09 | 108 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Jun 2017, 16:52 | 04 Jul 2017, 05:37 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Aug 2017, 09:11 | 03 Sep 2017, 08:30 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Sep 2017, 17:20 | 31 Oct 2017, 22:16 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 12 Oct 2017, 19:39 | 10 Nov 2017, 00:43 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 29 Nov 2017, 00:30 | 20 Feb 2018, 04:27 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 05 Dec 2017, 10:31 | 07 Jan 2018, 17:55 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 07 Dec 2017, 19:33 | 18 Dec 2017, 18:27 | 10 | 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.