Planet Combustion
Periods in 2021 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 2021
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 24 Nov 2020, 18:50 | 12 Jan 2021, 16:40 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 07 Jan 2021, 16:41 | 10 Feb 2021, 02:05 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Jupiter | 15 Jan 2021, 04:58 | 12 Feb 2021, 11:01 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 02 Feb 2021, 15:34 | 14 Feb 2021, 12:57 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 14 Feb 2021, 01:20 | 04 May 2021, 06:45 | 79 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Apr 2021, 02:48 | 01 May 2021, 23:11 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 02 Jun 2021, 19:05 | 19 Jun 2021, 20:05 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 20 Jul 2021, 02:17 | 16 Aug 2021, 04:36 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 17 Aug 2021, 14:10 | 29 Nov 2021, 07:20 | 103 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Oct 2021, 01:17 | 16 Oct 2021, 04:15 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Nov 2021, 16:52 | 24 Dec 2021, 17:28 | 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.