Planet Combustion
Periods in 1957 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 1957
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 05 Jan 1957, 03:44 | 16 Jan 1957, 07:55 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Mar 1957, 04:15 | 03 Apr 1957, 22:29 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 06 Mar 1957, 05:05 | 22 May 1957, 18:05 | 77 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Apr 1957, 22:45 | 14 May 1957, 05:23 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Jun 1957, 07:13 | 17 Jul 1957, 06:52 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 01 Aug 1957, 02:32 | 11 Nov 1957, 11:24 | 102 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 03 Sep 1957, 17:02 | 16 Sep 1957, 23:51 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 21 Sep 1957, 13:04 | 20 Oct 1957, 02:35 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 05 Oct 1957, 04:02 | 18 Nov 1957, 02:51 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 22 Nov 1957, 14:31 | 26 Dec 1957, 00:04 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 20 Dec 1957, 12:31 | 31 Dec 1957, 12:18 | 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.