Planet Combustion
Periods in 1861 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 1861
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 08 Jan 1861, 06:49 | 18 Feb 1861, 13:04 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Mar 1861, 06:39 | 22 Mar 1861, 20:36 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 03 Apr 1861, 14:00 | 17 Jun 1861, 21:47 | 75 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 May 1861, 21:20 | 03 Jun 1861, 12:19 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 05 Jul 1861, 19:22 | 16 Oct 1861, 18:22 | 102 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Jul 1861, 12:42 | 31 Jul 1861, 03:53 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 16 Aug 1861, 16:51 | 14 Sep 1861, 23:04 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 18 Aug 1861, 22:38 | 23 Sep 1861, 09:37 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 21 Aug 1861, 15:09 | 23 Sep 1861, 09:13 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Nov 1861, 01:09 | 18 Nov 1861, 06:11 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Dec 1861, 23:42 | 01 Feb 1862, 15:03 | 45 | 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.