Planet Combustion
Periods in 1940 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 1940
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 08 Jan 1940, 08:00 | 19 Feb 1940, 02:18 | 41 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 08 Mar 1940, 19:06 | 22 Mar 1940, 06:36 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 28 Mar 1940, 08:12 | 27 Apr 1940, 01:52 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Saturn | 07 Apr 1940, 08:20 | 12 May 1940, 18:21 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 09 May 1940, 12:18 | 03 Jun 1940, 04:27 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 Jun 1940, 23:53 | 02 Jul 1940, 05:36 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 08 Jul 1940, 23:02 | 19 Oct 1940, 19:14 | 102 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 14 Jul 1940, 19:06 | 30 Jul 1940, 12:39 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Aug 1940, 07:05 | 22 Sep 1940, 16:25 | 32 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Nov 1940, 16:28 | 17 Nov 1940, 22:12 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Dec 1940, 01:33 | 01 Feb 1941, 02:36 | 46 | 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.