Planet Combustion
Periods in 1981 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 1981
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 05 Dec 1980, 17:51 | 22 Jan 1981, 13:05 | 47 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 15 Jan 1981, 15:31 | 15 Jun 1981, 18:27 | 151 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Feb 1981, 08:37 | 23 Feb 1981, 14:09 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 26 Feb 1981, 16:45 | 15 May 1981, 20:48 | 78 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 14 Apr 1981, 06:59 | 10 May 1981, 08:02 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 13 Jun 1981, 22:17 | 30 Jun 1981, 19:31 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Jul 1981, 10:15 | 25 Aug 1981, 14:00 | 28 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 18 Sep 1981, 23:11 | 23 Oct 1981, 16:15 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 30 Sep 1981, 03:34 | 28 Oct 1981, 13:32 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Oct 1981, 22:22 | 24 Oct 1981, 18:23 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Nov 1981, 22:18 | 04 Jan 1982, 04:45 | 49 | 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.