Planet Combustion
Periods in 2259 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 2259
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 16 Jan 2259, 19:00 | 28 Jan 2259, 02:12 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 08 Feb 2259, 09:51 | 14 Mar 2259, 05:19 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 14 Feb 2259, 08:15 | 15 Mar 2259, 02:01 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Mar 2259, 22:39 | 15 Apr 2259, 13:07 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 May 2259, 17:30 | 16 Jul 2259, 17:51 | 74 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 May 2259, 05:15 | 27 May 2259, 20:02 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Jul 2259, 20:13 | 29 Jul 2259, 04:19 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Sep 2259, 23:47 | 28 Sep 2259, 23:06 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Oct 2259, 08:01 | 01 Dec 2259, 23:57 | 45 | 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.