Planet Combustion
Periods in 1971 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 1971
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 23 Dec 1970, 05:43 | 03 Jan 1971, 05:55 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 16 Feb 1971, 08:19 | 21 Mar 1971, 22:16 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 12 Apr 1971, 06:24 | 27 Apr 1971, 16:40 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 29 Apr 1971, 20:11 | 04 Jun 1971, 18:04 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Jun 1971, 12:08 | 04 Jul 1971, 00:45 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 22 Jul 1971, 13:30 | 04 Oct 1971, 06:31 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Aug 1971, 03:16 | 03 Sep 1971, 03:03 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Sep 1971, 12:14 | 31 Oct 1971, 14:46 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 26 Nov 1971, 10:49 | 24 Dec 1971, 07:02 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 07 Dec 1971, 14:48 | 18 Dec 1971, 13:42 | 10 | 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.