Planet Combustion
Periods in 2278 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 2278
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 29 Oct 2277, 20:16 | 10 Mar 2278, 10:52 | 131 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Nov 2277, 08:31 | 05 Jan 2278, 15:07 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Jan 2278, 06:42 | 08 Feb 2278, 20:44 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Mar 2278, 22:07 | 26 Apr 2278, 20:41 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 May 2278, 18:31 | 11 Jun 2278, 18:05 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 06 Jul 2278, 18:20 | 17 Sep 2278, 18:50 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Jul 2278, 01:18 | 10 Aug 2278, 05:26 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Sep 2278, 06:53 | 10 Oct 2278, 18:24 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 17 Oct 2278, 16:39 | 14 Nov 2278, 21:54 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 24 Oct 2278, 04:56 | 27 Nov 2278, 04:17 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Oct 2278, 00:30 | 16 Dec 2278, 23:17 | 47 | 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.