Planet Combustion
Periods in 1949 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 1949
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 17 Nov 1948, 21:51 | 06 Jan 1949, 03:04 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 18 Dec 1948, 10:07 | 15 Jan 1949, 08:08 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 31 Dec 1948, 10:30 | 02 Jun 1949, 15:50 | 153 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Jan 1949, 22:10 | 08 Feb 1949, 15:28 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 08 Mar 1949, 16:57 | 25 May 1949, 01:03 | 77 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Mar 1949, 23:49 | 26 Apr 1949, 09:24 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 May 1949, 15:21 | 12 Jun 1949, 16:22 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Jul 1949, 13:06 | 10 Aug 1949, 03:00 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 15 Aug 1949, 18:06 | 20 Sep 1949, 07:48 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 28 Sep 1949, 03:19 | 10 Oct 1949, 10:38 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Oct 1949, 05:42 | 17 Dec 1949, 18:57 | 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.