Planet Combustion
Periods in 2018 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 2018
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 27 Jan 2018, 11:52 | 06 Mar 2018, 02:41 | 37 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Mar 2018, 12:25 | 08 Apr 2018, 21:21 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 May 2018, 01:15 | 18 Jun 2018, 10:58 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Aug 2018, 03:23 | 17 Aug 2018, 00:42 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Sep 2018, 16:16 | 11 Oct 2018, 10:39 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 Oct 2018, 18:54 | 31 Oct 2018, 20:10 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 12 Nov 2018, 12:18 | 10 Dec 2018, 09:40 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 22 Nov 2018, 03:20 | 03 Dec 2018, 04:22 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 16 Dec 2018, 19:52 | 19 Jan 2019, 02:32 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
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.