Planet Combustion
Periods in 1851 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 1851
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 04 Oct 1850, 05:08 | 01 Feb 1851, 13:42 | 120 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Jan 1851, 18:04 | 28 Jan 1851, 04:41 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Mar 1851, 18:27 | 15 Apr 1851, 10:12 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 28 Mar 1851, 07:33 | 02 May 1851, 12:18 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 May 1851, 18:23 | 29 May 1851, 14:51 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Jul 1851, 15:36 | 29 Jul 1851, 09:46 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 24 Aug 1851, 09:15 | 08 Nov 1851, 14:55 | 76 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Sep 1851, 09:51 | 29 Sep 1851, 02:34 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 13 Oct 1851, 12:40 | 10 Nov 1851, 16:52 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Oct 1851, 21:10 | 03 Dec 1851, 21:12 | 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.