Planet Combustion
Periods in 1953 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 1953
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 10 Jan 1953, 21:28 | 20 Feb 1953, 23:05 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Mar 1953, 17:00 | 25 Mar 1953, 07:55 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 08 Apr 1953, 13:25 | 18 Apr 1953, 14:30 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 10 May 1953, 07:00 | 09 Jun 1953, 13:39 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mars | 10 May 1953, 09:26 | 01 Sep 1953, 07:01 | 113 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 May 1953, 06:49 | 05 Jun 1953, 21:18 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Jul 1953, 01:37 | 02 Aug 1953, 15:49 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Aug 1953, 00:16 | 25 Sep 1953, 21:57 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 06 Oct 1953, 20:54 | 10 Nov 1953, 02:57 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Nov 1953, 10:29 | 20 Nov 1953, 15:16 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 19 Dec 1953, 10:43 | 12 Mar 1954, 07:16 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Dec 1953, 14:16 | 04 Feb 1954, 01:45 | 45 | 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.