Planet Combustion
Periods in 2001 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 2001
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 30 Nov 2000, 05:07 | 17 Jan 2001, 15:48 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Feb 2001, 23:49 | 19 Feb 2001, 01:05 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 25 Mar 2001, 10:02 | 04 Apr 2001, 09:53 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Apr 2001, 17:28 | 06 May 2001, 03:38 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 07 May 2001, 19:06 | 12 Jun 2001, 20:14 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 30 May 2001, 14:44 | 29 Jun 2001, 22:26 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 08 Jun 2001, 08:47 | 25 Jun 2001, 08:28 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Jul 2001, 06:17 | 20 Aug 2001, 20:42 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Oct 2001, 12:11 | 20 Oct 2001, 11:35 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 10 Nov 2001, 18:25 | 30 Dec 2001, 00:14 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 04 Dec 2001, 02:02 | 25 Feb 2002, 05:57 | 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.