Planet Combustion
Periods in 1962 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 1962
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | 17 Oct 1961, 03:59 | 21 Feb 1962, 01:28 | 126 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| 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) |
| Saturn | 06 Jan 1962, 07:19 | 08 Feb 1962, 16:26 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 25 Jan 1962, 19:34 | 23 Feb 1962, 06:07 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 30 Jan 1962, 16:22 | 11 Feb 1962, 11:32 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Apr 1962, 22:47 | 29 Apr 1962, 02:00 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 May 1962, 01:36 | 16 Jun 1962, 02:49 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Jul 1962, 05:25 | 13 Aug 1962, 00:56 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 30 Sep 1962, 23:50 | 13 Oct 1962, 05:05 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Nov 1962, 07:57 | 21 Dec 1962, 03:11 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 08 Nov 1962, 01:18 | 18 Nov 1962, 01:33 | 10 | 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.