Planet Combustion
Periods in 1961 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 1961
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Mercury | 15 Feb 1961, 18:08 | 28 Feb 1961, 04:15 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 06 Apr 1961, 05:10 | 16 Apr 1961, 06:00 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 18 Apr 1961, 19:31 | 14 May 1961, 12:30 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 19 Jun 1961, 11:24 | 06 Jul 1961, 05:13 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Aug 1961, 14:31 | 30 Aug 1961, 08:57 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 17 Oct 1961, 03:59 | 21 Feb 1962, 01:28 | 126 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 17 Oct 1961, 08:02 | 29 Oct 1961, 00:57 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Nov 1961, 04:38 | 09 Jan 1962, 07:08 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 16 Dec 1961, 20:54 | 09 Mar 1962, 19:37 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 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.