Planet Combustion
Periods in 1960 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 1960
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | 15 Dec 1959, 10:58 | 17 Jan 1960, 17:35 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 02 Jan 1960, 12:26 | 14 Feb 1960, 13:13 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Mar 1960, 05:32 | 17 Mar 1960, 10:56 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 May 1960, 03:38 | 29 May 1960, 23:32 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 16 May 1960, 21:27 | 29 Jul 1960, 03:21 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Jul 1960, 11:27 | 25 Jul 1960, 11:05 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Aug 1960, 01:44 | 17 Sep 1960, 13:25 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Nov 1960, 09:01 | 13 Nov 1960, 16:45 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 11 Dec 1960, 08:41 | 27 Jan 1961, 08:40 | 46 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 23 Dec 1960, 00:30 | 19 Jan 1961, 23:31 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 25 Dec 1960, 20:19 | 28 Jan 1961, 03:29 | 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.