Planet Combustion
Periods in 1942 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 1942
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 26 Nov 1941, 14:22 | 14 Jan 1942, 08:24 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 29 Jan 1942, 01:36 | 07 Feb 1942, 22:53 | 9 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 04 Feb 1942, 01:15 | 16 Feb 1942, 00:07 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Apr 1942, 15:09 | 03 May 1942, 07:25 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 06 May 1942, 01:00 | 11 Jun 1942, 00:29 | 35 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Jun 1942, 15:11 | 21 Jun 1942, 15:50 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 10 Jun 1942, 19:06 | 11 Jul 1942, 01:49 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 21 Jul 1942, 09:21 | 17 Aug 1942, 16:14 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 15 Aug 1942, 10:44 | 27 Nov 1942, 00:47 | 103 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 05 Oct 1942, 12:06 | 17 Oct 1942, 13:39 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 08 Oct 1942, 13:26 | 28 Dec 1942, 01:59 | 80 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Nov 1942, 09:01 | 26 Dec 1942, 12:12 | 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.