Planet Combustion
Periods in 1951 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 1951
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 27 Dec 1950, 11:23 | 07 Jan 1951, 12:35 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Feb 1951, 15:01 | 26 Mar 1951, 05:12 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Feb 1951, 11:49 | 26 Mar 1951, 13:38 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 12 Mar 1951, 21:59 | 24 Jul 1951, 11:10 | 133 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Apr 1951, 07:50 | 03 May 1951, 01:03 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Jun 1951, 17:14 | 08 Jul 1951, 08:33 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Aug 1951, 23:14 | 07 Sep 1951, 17:18 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 29 Aug 1951, 18:07 | 08 Sep 1951, 22:37 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 12 Sep 1951, 02:49 | 17 Oct 1951, 00:30 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 25 Sep 1951, 22:39 | 06 Nov 1951, 07:53 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Dec 1951, 20:31 | 22 Dec 1951, 19:25 | 10 | 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.