Combustion (astangata) meaning in Vedic astrology

The Sun creates this condition in other planets, so the Sun itself is never combust.

Mercury is a special case, since it always stays close to the Sun. Raman describes it moving ahead of and behind the Sun and attaining 'what is called astam or combustion'.

Skybond's chart records whether each planet is combust, after sign-up.

Related terms

• Graha →Graha is the Sanskrit word for planet as used in Vedic astrology, where the Sun and Moon count as planets.
• Retrograde (vakra) →Retrograde means a planet appearing to stop, move backwards for a while and then regain its course; in Sanskrit it is vakra. The Sun and Moon never do this.
• Dignity →Dignity describes how a planet is placed by sign: exalted, debilitated, in its moolatrikona, or in its own sign (a sign it rules). It is a measure of planetary strength.

Lessons that use this term

• How Skybond reads a Vedic chart: method and conventions →
• How to read the planet table in a Vedic chart →
• Sun (Surya) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Moon (Chandra) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Mars (Mangala) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Mercury (Budha) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Jupiter (Guru) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Venus (Shukra) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Saturn (Shani) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Rahu (north node) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Ketu (south node) in Vedic astrology: meaning and significations →
• Planetary dignity in Vedic astrology: strong and weak planets →

Sources for this entry

1. B.V. Raman, Hindu Predictive Astrology
2. Skybond article pipeline documentation (BharatBond/api README and chart context) (internal documentation)