2026 Shukra Asta

New Delhi

Calculated using the classical fixed-orb (Deeptaunsha) method — see note below. Dates may differ from panchangs that use a heliacal-visibility based Tara Asta calculation.

Shukra Asta Starts On

Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 11:51

Shukra Asta Ends On

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 15:08

Total Asta Duration = 83.1 Days · 47.6 days fall within 2026

Shukra Asta Starts On

Monday, October 19, 2026 at 08:15

Shukra Asta Ends On

Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 09:39

Total Asta Duration = 10.1 Days

Total Asta Days In 2026 = 57.7 Days

Combustion of a planet is a significant event in Vedic astrology — for a period each year a planet becomes too close to the Sun to be observed; this is Asta (or Lopa). Auspicious ceremonies, especially marriage, are traditionally avoided during the combustion of Venus and Jupiter.

Method used on this page (Deeptaunsha / fixed-orb Asta): a planet is treated as combust whenever its geocentric angular separation from the Sun falls below a fixed threshold — Mars 17°, Mercury 12–14°, Venus 8–10°, Jupiter 11°, Saturn 15° (tighter while retrograde), the classical orbs. This is a different, equally traditional method from heliacal-visibility based Tara Asta calculations (used by some other panchangs), which instead model when a planet actually becomes invisible/visible from a given location — accounting for altitude, brightness and atmosphere, not just angular distance. The two methods can give noticeably different start/end dates for the same planet and year.