Planet Combustion
Periods in 1855 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 1855
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 03 Nov 1854, 02:03 | 24 Jan 1855, 15:05 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1854, 07:57 | 09 Feb 1855, 05:05 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 16 Jan 1855, 05:57 | 13 Feb 1855, 13:00 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 23 Jan 1855, 11:16 | 21 Jun 1855, 04:42 | 148 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Feb 1855, 22:29 | 12 Mar 1855, 23:51 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Apr 1855, 22:50 | 25 May 1855, 21:52 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 24 May 1855, 01:23 | 29 Jun 1855, 08:31 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Jul 1855, 14:20 | 20 Jul 1855, 18:00 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Aug 1855, 23:52 | 12 Sep 1855, 21:33 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 26 Sep 1855, 10:53 | 06 Oct 1855, 13:35 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Oct 1855, 05:12 | 09 Nov 1855, 14:27 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Dec 1855, 07:17 | 22 Jan 1856, 20:57 | 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.