Planet Combustion
Periods in 1859 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 1859
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 25 Dec 1858, 02:19 | 05 Jan 1859, 03:21 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Feb 1859, 02:22 | 23 Mar 1859, 19:57 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Apr 1859, 19:37 | 30 Apr 1859, 11:48 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 25 May 1859, 16:29 | 12 Sep 1859, 07:29 | 109 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 10 Jun 1859, 20:35 | 11 Jul 1859, 03:02 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Jun 1859, 08:12 | 05 Jul 1859, 23:07 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 22 Jul 1859, 04:48 | 27 Aug 1859, 05:50 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 22 Aug 1859, 02:52 | 06 Nov 1859, 03:22 | 76 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Aug 1859, 12:03 | 05 Sep 1859, 06:57 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Sep 1859, 12:49 | 03 Nov 1859, 17:19 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Dec 1859, 11:27 | 20 Dec 1859, 10:20 | 10 | 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.