Planet Combustion
Periods in 2025 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 2025
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 18 Jan 2025, 07:02 | 26 Feb 2025, 20:52 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 23 Feb 2025, 14:51 | 29 Mar 2025, 21:29 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Mar 2025, 19:29 | 31 Mar 2025, 17:54 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 18 Mar 2025, 07:15 | 28 Mar 2025, 06:33 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 May 2025, 00:22 | 11 Jun 2025, 12:01 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 09 Jun 2025, 17:42 | 10 Jul 2025, 00:18 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 24 Jul 2025, 19:46 | 09 Aug 2025, 02:46 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Aug 2025, 15:50 | 02 Oct 2025, 17:36 | 34 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 06 Nov 2025, 23:51 | 26 Mar 2026, 14:07 | 139 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Nov 2025, 03:05 | 26 Nov 2025, 06:05 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 26 Nov 2025, 11:51 | 17 Feb 2026, 15:08 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Dec 2025, 00:15 | 10 Feb 2026, 04:15 | 44 | 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.