Planet Combustion
Periods in 1966 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 1966
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 14 Jan 1966, 10:41 | 23 Feb 1966, 19:33 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 Jan 1966, 15:30 | 31 Jan 1966, 13:01 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 13 Feb 1966, 03:02 | 06 Jul 1966, 08:08 | 143 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 22 Feb 1966, 02:29 | 28 Mar 1966, 08:20 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 Mar 1966, 15:18 | 28 Mar 1966, 09:41 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 May 1966, 01:15 | 08 Jun 1966, 14:17 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 20 Jun 1966, 17:01 | 20 Jul 1966, 21:49 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 21 Jul 1966, 07:43 | 05 Aug 1966, 18:33 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Aug 1966, 17:38 | 29 Sep 1966, 04:08 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 01 Oct 1966, 10:21 | 20 Dec 1966, 06:34 | 79 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Nov 1966, 04:26 | 23 Nov 1966, 08:21 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Dec 1966, 03:20 | 07 Feb 1967, 00:29 | 44 | 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.