Planet Combustion
Periods in 2024 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 2024
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 24 Sep 2023, 17:29 | 16 Jan 2024, 22:07 | 114 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Feb 2024, 21:28 | 15 Mar 2024, 01:17 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 12 Feb 2024, 04:57 | 17 Mar 2024, 04:33 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Apr 2024, 10:34 | 19 Apr 2024, 10:21 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 28 Apr 2024, 07:36 | 11 Jul 2024, 08:31 | 74 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 03 May 2024, 22:59 | 03 Jun 2024, 04:19 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 2024, 18:19 | 27 Jun 2024, 04:27 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Aug 2024, 09:54 | 26 Aug 2024, 18:19 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Sep 2024, 12:54 | 22 Oct 2024, 19:03 | 38 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Nov 2024, 20:22 | 11 Dec 2024, 19:46 | 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.