Planet Combustion
Periods in 1870 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 1870
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 18 Nov 1869, 15:41 | 06 Jan 1870, 18:33 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 27 Dec 1869, 03:35 | 29 May 1870, 11:20 | 153 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Jan 1870, 06:28 | 09 Feb 1870, 01:07 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 18 Feb 1870, 22:14 | 28 Feb 1870, 20:06 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Mar 1870, 11:33 | 26 Apr 1870, 16:30 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 10 May 1870, 05:19 | 09 Jun 1870, 12:21 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 May 1870, 11:07 | 13 Jun 1870, 12:19 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Jul 1870, 20:00 | 10 Aug 1870, 13:56 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Sep 1870, 13:17 | 10 Oct 1870, 19:04 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 29 Oct 1870, 04:07 | 19 Jan 1871, 10:04 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Oct 1870, 19:46 | 18 Dec 1870, 13:30 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 06 Dec 1870, 11:33 | 08 Jan 1871, 18:38 | 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.