Planet Combustion
Periods in 1944 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 1944
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 03 Jan 1944, 11:26 | 14 Jan 1944, 14:42 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Mar 1944, 01:15 | 01 Apr 1944, 06:11 | 31 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 24 Apr 1944, 17:40 | 10 May 1944, 21:01 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 21 May 1944, 12:32 | 02 Aug 1944, 15:09 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 03 Jun 1944, 20:27 | 10 Jul 1944, 04:54 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 19 Jun 1944, 15:40 | 14 Jul 1944, 12:48 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 16 Aug 1944, 19:58 | 15 Sep 1944, 02:46 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 31 Aug 1944, 18:40 | 14 Sep 1944, 04:19 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 21 Sep 1944, 12:42 | 12 Jan 1945, 23:34 | 113 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 02 Oct 1944, 07:55 | 14 Nov 1944, 15:13 | 43 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 17 Dec 1944, 20:22 | 28 Dec 1944, 19:48 | 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.