Planet Combustion
Periods in 1869 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 1869
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 08 Dec 1868, 18:30 | 24 Jan 1869, 21:34 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Feb 1869, 08:26 | 25 Feb 1869, 17:50 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 01 Apr 1869, 04:16 | 15 Jun 1869, 16:09 | 75 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 02 Apr 1869, 15:35 | 02 May 1869, 12:11 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 16 Apr 1869, 09:24 | 12 May 1869, 03:34 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Jun 1869, 21:33 | 03 Jul 1869, 15:57 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Jul 1869, 05:33 | 27 Aug 1869, 21:40 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Oct 1869, 22:19 | 26 Oct 1869, 15:40 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Nov 1869, 15:41 | 06 Jan 1870, 18:33 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 25 Nov 1869, 02:02 | 28 Dec 1869, 10:40 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
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.