Planet Combustion
Periods in 1950 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 1950
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 12 Jan 1950, 03:14 | 23 Jan 1950, 10:29 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 20 Jan 1950, 21:57 | 18 Feb 1950, 06:25 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 26 Jan 1950, 13:42 | 05 Feb 1950, 10:59 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Mar 1950, 07:04 | 10 Apr 1950, 21:12 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 May 1950, 13:28 | 23 May 1950, 04:21 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Jun 1950, 04:05 | 24 Jul 1950, 12:26 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 29 Aug 1950, 15:19 | 03 Oct 1950, 21:11 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Sep 1950, 07:49 | 24 Sep 1950, 07:01 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 06 Oct 1950, 03:24 | 25 Dec 1950, 10:39 | 80 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Oct 1950, 16:18 | 27 Nov 1950, 08:20 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1950, 11:23 | 07 Jan 1951, 12:35 | 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.