Planet Combustion
Periods in 1871 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 1871
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 29 Oct 1870, 04:07 | 19 Jan 1871, 10:04 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 06 Dec 1870, 11:33 | 08 Jan 1871, 18:38 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Jan 1871, 11:05 | 23 Jan 1871, 19:13 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Mar 1871, 21:01 | 11 Apr 1871, 04:36 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 May 1871, 07:35 | 24 May 1871, 00:13 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 15 Jun 1871, 18:42 | 16 Jul 1871, 00:33 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 29 Jun 1871, 11:03 | 24 Jul 1871, 21:56 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Sep 1871, 18:59 | 24 Sep 1871, 16:20 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 Sep 1871, 14:46 | 01 Oct 1871, 17:41 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Oct 1871, 03:47 | 28 Nov 1871, 05:18 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 17 Dec 1871, 20:33 | 20 Jan 1872, 03:16 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1871, 19:01 | 07 Jan 1872, 20:40 | 11 | 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.