Planet Combustion
Periods in 1937 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 1937
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 13 Dec 1936, 23:07 | 10 Jan 1937, 20:12 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Jan 1937, 09:44 | 20 Jan 1937, 15:50 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 27 Feb 1937, 08:49 | 02 Apr 1937, 18:13 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 Mar 1937, 04:36 | 08 Apr 1937, 04:08 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 13 Apr 1937, 06:11 | 23 Apr 1937, 07:32 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 May 1937, 05:49 | 19 May 1937, 18:03 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Jun 1937, 11:37 | 21 Jul 1937, 16:40 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Sep 1937, 09:20 | 21 Sep 1937, 11:07 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Oct 1937, 18:01 | 23 Nov 1937, 20:13 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 24 Dec 1937, 14:10 | 17 Mar 1938, 06:24 | 82 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Dec 1937, 18:11 | 04 Jan 1938, 18:49 | 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.