Planet Combustion
Periods in 1956 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 1956
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 21 Jan 1956, 21:04 | 02 Feb 1956, 09:33 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Mar 1956, 06:16 | 19 Apr 1956, 12:01 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 May 1956, 17:10 | 03 Jun 1956, 15:37 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 17 Jun 1956, 08:54 | 27 Jun 1956, 14:22 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Jul 1956, 16:52 | 02 Aug 1956, 16:32 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 21 Aug 1956, 05:54 | 19 Sep 1956, 10:28 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 20 Sep 1956, 17:42 | 03 Oct 1956, 07:24 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Oct 1956, 08:13 | 08 Dec 1956, 21:47 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 11 Nov 1956, 00:19 | 14 Dec 1956, 13:19 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
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.