Planet Combustion
Periods in 1959 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 1959
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 04 Dec 1958, 01:36 | 06 Jan 1959, 09:03 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 23 Jan 1959, 16:57 | 03 Mar 1959, 02:12 | 38 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Mar 1959, 06:54 | 05 Apr 1959, 11:35 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 May 1959, 02:36 | 15 Jun 1959, 12:54 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 29 Jul 1959, 16:46 | 13 Aug 1959, 17:57 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 27 Aug 1959, 09:21 | 06 Sep 1959, 13:58 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Sep 1959, 17:31 | 07 Oct 1959, 19:14 | 35 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 07 Sep 1959, 08:53 | 24 Dec 1959, 11:34 | 108 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Nov 1959, 04:55 | 30 Nov 1959, 06:39 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 22 Nov 1959, 01:09 | 19 Dec 1959, 21:30 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 15 Dec 1959, 10:58 | 17 Jan 1960, 17:35 | 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.