Planet Combustion
Periods in 1866 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 1866
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 18 Sep 1865, 07:48 | 09 Jan 1866, 03:11 | 112 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 18 Dec 1865, 08:29 | 15 Jan 1866, 06:33 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 15 Jan 1866, 21:33 | 07 Apr 1866, 05:21 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Feb 1866, 11:35 | 16 Mar 1866, 18:49 | 34 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Apr 1866, 15:33 | 21 Apr 1866, 20:56 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Jun 1866, 10:00 | 28 Jun 1866, 21:19 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Aug 1866, 14:22 | 28 Aug 1866, 18:08 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Sep 1866, 07:19 | 25 Oct 1866, 12:40 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 21 Oct 1866, 21:08 | 24 Nov 1866, 18:20 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 02 Dec 1866, 12:23 | 13 Dec 1866, 11:28 | 10 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 06 Dec 1866, 22:53 | 16 Dec 1866, 21:44 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 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.