Planet Combustion
Periods in 1857 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 1857
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 15 Nov 1856, 09:04 | 03 Jan 1857, 14:48 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Jan 1857, 12:48 | 06 Feb 1857, 05:36 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Mar 1857, 13:01 | 24 Apr 1857, 00:25 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 28 Mar 1857, 14:55 | 27 Apr 1857, 09:14 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 02 Apr 1857, 03:58 | 05 Aug 1857, 14:04 | 125 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 05 May 1857, 14:05 | 15 May 1857, 17:17 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 May 1857, 01:29 | 10 Jun 1857, 02:23 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 22 Jun 1857, 06:57 | 28 Jul 1857, 15:38 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Jul 1857, 04:12 | 07 Aug 1857, 16:38 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Sep 1857, 17:12 | 08 Oct 1857, 01:05 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Oct 1857, 18:14 | 15 Dec 1857, 05:36 | 48 | 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.