Planet Combustion
Periods in 1938 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 1938
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| Jupiter | 16 Jan 1938, 02:36 | 13 Feb 1938, 08:51 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 18 Feb 1938, 08:38 | 23 Mar 1938, 11:23 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 12 Mar 1938, 06:46 | 16 Apr 1938, 00:12 | 34 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 Apr 1938, 03:46 | 29 Apr 1938, 17:17 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 29 May 1938, 04:18 | 15 Sep 1938, 08:43 | 109 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 11 Jun 1938, 00:22 | 05 Jul 1938, 14:09 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Aug 1938, 22:31 | 04 Sep 1938, 19:38 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Sep 1938, 02:49 | 02 Nov 1938, 19:32 | 40 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 15 Nov 1938, 11:48 | 25 Nov 1938, 11:53 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 09 Dec 1938, 03:18 | 20 Dec 1938, 02:11 | 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.