Planet Combustion
Periods in 1939 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 1939
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 29 Jan 1939, 08:33 | 07 Mar 1939, 11:52 | 37 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 20 Feb 1939, 07:56 | 21 Mar 1939, 06:55 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 25 Mar 1939, 14:28 | 29 Apr 1939, 16:12 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 27 Mar 1939, 01:21 | 10 Apr 1939, 12:59 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 May 1939, 09:17 | 19 Jun 1939, 18:54 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 31 Jul 1939, 13:09 | 13 Oct 1939, 18:35 | 74 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 03 Aug 1939, 18:44 | 18 Aug 1939, 13:37 | 14 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Sep 1939, 00:38 | 13 Oct 1939, 05:43 | 36 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 23 Nov 1939, 11:17 | 04 Dec 1939, 11:56 | 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.