Planet Combustion
Periods in 1854 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 1854
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 13 Dec 1853, 22:33 | 10 Jan 1854, 20:03 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Jan 1854, 14:26 | 25 Feb 1854, 20:45 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 23 Feb 1854, 18:35 | 05 Mar 1854, 16:47 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Mar 1854, 20:50 | 30 Mar 1854, 20:51 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 09 May 1854, 03:17 | 14 Jun 1854, 06:10 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 May 1854, 23:20 | 10 Jun 1854, 10:41 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Jul 1854, 23:34 | 08 Aug 1854, 05:06 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Aug 1854, 14:37 | 01 Oct 1854, 22:13 | 34 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 Nov 1854, 02:03 | 24 Jan 1855, 15:05 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Nov 1854, 01:57 | 25 Nov 1854, 04:35 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1854, 07:57 | 09 Feb 1855, 05:05 | 43 | 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.