Planet Combustion
Periods in 1970 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 1970
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 14 Dec 1969, 07:28 | 07 Mar 1970, 07:36 | 83 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Jan 1970, 21:04 | 19 Jan 1970, 02:15 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Mar 1970, 07:41 | 06 Apr 1970, 15:41 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 15 Apr 1970, 11:41 | 21 May 1970, 02:21 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 01 May 1970, 05:22 | 17 May 1970, 15:06 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 08 Jun 1970, 03:35 | 23 Sep 1970, 07:00 | 107 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 24 Jun 1970, 23:45 | 20 Jul 1970, 02:09 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Sep 1970, 16:04 | 19 Sep 1970, 20:10 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Oct 1970, 01:32 | 21 Nov 1970, 15:20 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 26 Oct 1970, 11:09 | 23 Nov 1970, 11:58 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 05 Nov 1970, 13:52 | 15 Nov 1970, 14:17 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Dec 1970, 05:43 | 03 Jan 1971, 05:55 | 11 | 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.