Planet Combustion
Periods in 1856 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 1856
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 06 Dec 1855, 07:17 | 22 Jan 1856, 20:57 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Feb 1856, 13:12 | 23 Feb 1856, 20:05 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 20 Feb 1856, 14:07 | 20 Mar 1856, 14:00 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Apr 1856, 12:38 | 09 May 1856, 11:04 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 07 Jun 1856, 03:31 | 13 Jul 1856, 12:43 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 13 Jun 1856, 11:31 | 30 Jun 1856, 07:49 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 14 Jun 1856, 12:03 | 26 Aug 1856, 06:25 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Jul 1856, 13:08 | 24 Aug 1856, 21:20 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Oct 1856, 02:59 | 23 Oct 1856, 21:59 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Nov 1856, 09:04 | 03 Jan 1857, 14:48 | 49 | 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.