Planet Combustion
Periods in 2023 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 2023
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 02 Jan 2023, 02:35 | 13 Jan 2023, 05:16 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 31 Jan 2023, 02:59 | 05 Mar 2023, 20:37 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Feb 2023, 08:14 | 31 Mar 2023, 21:13 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 28 Mar 2023, 08:59 | 27 Apr 2023, 01:49 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 Apr 2023, 23:59 | 10 May 2023, 00:52 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Jun 2023, 07:24 | 14 Jul 2023, 02:50 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 08 Aug 2023, 13:54 | 18 Aug 2023, 19:18 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 31 Aug 2023, 05:19 | 13 Sep 2023, 17:04 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 24 Sep 2023, 17:29 | 16 Jan 2024, 22:07 | 114 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 Oct 2023, 20:32 | 13 Nov 2023, 16:32 | 42 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Dec 2023, 11:38 | 28 Dec 2023, 10:52 | 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.