Planet Combustion
Periods in 1858 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 1858
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 09 Jan 1858, 18:03 | 21 Jan 1858, 01:00 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 18 Jan 1858, 11:29 | 09 Apr 1858, 14:42 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Mar 1858, 19:25 | 08 Apr 1858, 12:06 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 May 1858, 00:10 | 20 May 1858, 14:20 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 05 May 1858, 04:33 | 04 Jun 1858, 10:36 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 26 Jun 1858, 19:07 | 22 Jul 1858, 02:32 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 07 Jul 1858, 08:23 | 12 Aug 1858, 14:13 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Sep 1858, 21:14 | 21 Sep 1858, 21:08 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Oct 1858, 05:45 | 24 Nov 1858, 17:57 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 09 Dec 1858, 10:53 | 19 Dec 1858, 09:30 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Dec 1858, 02:19 | 05 Jan 1859, 03:21 | 11 | 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.