Planet Combustion
Periods in 1850 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 1850
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 24 Nov 1849, 00:09 | 11 Jan 1850, 19:44 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 Jan 1850, 01:38 | 12 Apr 1850, 00:14 | 80 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Feb 1850, 14:52 | 13 Feb 1850, 13:10 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 14 Mar 1850, 20:37 | 18 Apr 1850, 16:54 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Apr 1850, 03:40 | 30 Apr 1850, 21:31 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 1850, 01:07 | 19 Jun 1850, 01:58 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Jul 1850, 00:25 | 15 Aug 1850, 05:31 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 12 Sep 1850, 18:29 | 11 Oct 1850, 11:23 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 03 Oct 1850, 01:09 | 15 Oct 1850, 03:12 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 04 Oct 1850, 05:08 | 01 Feb 1851, 13:42 | 120 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Nov 1850, 20:06 | 23 Dec 1850, 22:21 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 11 Dec 1850, 22:57 | 21 Dec 1850, 21:21 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 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.