Planet Combustion
Periods in 1862 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 1862
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 17 Dec 1861, 23:42 | 01 Feb 1862, 15:03 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Feb 1862, 14:26 | 05 Mar 1862, 07:28 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 Feb 1862, 08:43 | 03 Mar 1862, 06:47 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Apr 1862, 17:05 | 19 May 1862, 00:34 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Jun 1862, 19:14 | 12 Jul 1862, 07:01 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Aug 1862, 02:27 | 04 Sep 1862, 19:34 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 01 Sep 1862, 17:07 | 06 Oct 1862, 20:00 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 17 Sep 1862, 03:35 | 15 Oct 1862, 18:29 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 22 Oct 1862, 02:19 | 02 Nov 1862, 15:20 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 31 Oct 1862, 15:28 | 22 Jan 1863, 01:03 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Nov 1862, 08:42 | 14 Jan 1863, 22:14 | 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.