Planet Combustion
Periods in 1969 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 1969
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 23 Jan 1969, 14:55 | 04 Feb 1969, 05:00 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Mar 1969, 06:21 | 22 Apr 1969, 04:42 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 01 Apr 1969, 12:23 | 06 May 1969, 18:56 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 03 Apr 1969, 20:40 | 13 Apr 1969, 21:11 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 May 1969, 02:37 | 07 Jun 1969, 02:16 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Jul 1969, 09:07 | 05 Aug 1969, 13:28 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Sep 1969, 14:52 | 06 Oct 1969, 02:16 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Sep 1969, 19:31 | 24 Oct 1969, 07:16 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 25 Oct 1969, 08:49 | 12 Dec 1969, 07:45 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 14 Dec 1969, 07:28 | 07 Mar 1970, 07:36 | 83 | 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.