Planetary Transits 1940: Jupiter in Aries, Rahu-Ketu Shift

Rahu-Ketu moved to Virgo-Pisces on 18 Feb 1940 and Jupiter entered Aries on 17 Apr 1940.

Every sign change, retrograde station and combustion period, all planets, in Nepal Time (GMT +5:45). The Moon has its own page.

Sun 1940 Moon 1940 Mars 1940 Mercury 1940 Jupiter 1940 Venus 1940 Saturn 1940 Rahu 1940 Ketu 1940

Every transit in 1940, in date order

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Every transit in 1940, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 1940
1 Jan	19:39	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
8 Jan	08:01	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	9°38' Sagittarius, Mula
13 Jan	03:26	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
14 Jan	13:46	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
21 Jan	09:22	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
February 1940
6 Feb	16:31	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
7 Feb	01:00	Mars	Enters Aries	Ashwini
7 Feb	23:05	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
13 Feb	02:44	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
18 Feb	01:23	Rahu	Enters Virgo	Chitra
18 Feb	01:23	Ketu	Enters Pisces	Revati
19 Feb	02:19	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	20°03' Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada
25 Feb	11:04	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
March 1940
2 Mar	21:31	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
6 Mar	11:02	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	7°14' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
8 Mar	19:07	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	6°49' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
13 Mar	23:37	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
17 Mar	17:53	Mercury	Enters Aquarius, retrograde	Purva Bhadrapada
22 Mar	06:37	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	26°15' Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada
22 Mar	12:23	Mars	Enters Taurus	Krittika
28 Mar	08:13	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	25°15' Pisces, Revati
29 Mar	08:28	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	23°49' Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada
29 Mar	11:01	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
April 1940
7 Apr	08:20	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	9°07' Aries, Ashwini
10 Apr	19:36	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
13 Apr	08:08	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
17 Apr	01:06	Jupiter	Enters Aries	Ashwini
27 Apr	01:53	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	2°24' Aries, Ashwini
28 Apr	13:48	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
May 1940
3 May	04:19	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
7 May	02:05	Mars	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
9 May	12:19	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	11°28' Aries, Ashwini
12 May	18:22	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	13°36' Aries, Bharani
14 May	05:03	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
18 May	14:30	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
June 1940
1 Jun	13:49	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
3 Jun	04:28	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	3°11' Gemini, Mrigashira
5 Jun	15:33	Venus	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	20°17' Gemini, Punarvasu
14 Jun	11:43	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
20 Jun	01:18	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
21 Jun	23:54	Venus	CombustGoes combust	15°10' Gemini, Ardra
22 Jun	17:21	Mars	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
July 1940
2 Jul	05:37	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	8°55' Gemini, Ardra
8 Jul	19:47	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	12°17' Cancer, Pushya
8 Jul	23:03	Mars	CombustGoes combust	10°20' Cancer, Pushya
14 Jul	19:07	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	10°54' Cancer, Pushya
15 Jul	22:41	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
18 Jul	18:45	Venus	DirectTurns direct	3°45' Gemini, Mrigashira
30 Jul	12:40	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	1°55' Cancer, Punarvasu
August 1940
2 Aug	00:13	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	1°37' Cancer, Punarvasu
8 Aug	22:06	Mars	Enters Leo	Magha
16 Aug	07:08	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
21 Aug	07:06	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	20°49' Cancer, Ashlesha
26 Aug	03:45	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
27 Aug	12:36	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	21°45' Aries, Bharani
September 1940
1 Sep	16:36	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
4 Sep	18:29	Jupiter	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	22°39' Aries, Bharani
10 Sep	18:34	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
16 Sep	07:03	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
22 Sep	16:26	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	20°15' Virgo, Hasta
24 Sep	23:37	Mars	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
28 Sep	23:34	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
30 Sep	20:30	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
October 1940
16 Oct	18:55	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
19 Oct	19:15	Mars	ClearLeaves combustion	16°00' Virgo, Hasta
22 Oct	13:35	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
27 Oct	01:47	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
November 1940
1 Nov	07:10	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	5°05' Scorpio, Anuradha
6 Nov	16:29	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	2°52' Scorpio, Vishakha
9 Nov	10:38	Mercury	Enters Libra, retrograde	Vishakha
10 Nov	07:45	Mars	Enters Libra	Chitra
15 Nov	18:36	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
17 Nov	22:13	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	20°10' Libra, Vishakha
21 Nov	01:15	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
21 Nov	09:36	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	19°01' Libra, Swati
December 1940
4 Dec	16:42	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
15 Dec	09:09	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
15 Dec	10:21	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
17 Dec	01:34	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	17°43' Scorpio, Jyeshtha
25 Dec	03:16	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
25 Dec	16:02	Mars	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
31 Dec	07:12	Jupiter	DirectTurns direct	12°39' Aries, Ashwini

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 1940, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 1940

12 sign changes

Sun in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1939	14 Jan	14 days
♑ Capricorn	14 Jan	13 Feb	30 days
♒ Aquarius	13 Feb	13 Mar	30 days
♓ Pisces	13 Mar	13 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	13 Apr	14 May	31 days
♉ Taurus	14 May	14 Jun	31 days
♊ Gemini	14 Jun	15 Jul	31 days
♋ Cancer	15 Jul	16 Aug	31 days
♌ Leo	16 Aug	16 Sep	31 days
♍ Virgo	16 Sep	16 Oct	30 days
♎ Libra	16 Oct	15 Nov	30 days
♏ Scorpio	15 Nov	15 Dec	30 days
♐ Sagittarius	15 Dec	into 1941	17 days

Full Sun transit 1940, day by day

Mars in 1940

8 sign changes · no retrograde · 1 combust period

Mars in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♓ Pisces	from 1939	7 Feb	37 days
♈ Aries	7 Feb	22 Mar	44 days
♉ Taurus	22 Mar	7 May	46 days
♊ Gemini	7 May	22 Jun	47 days
♋ Cancer	22 Jun	8 Aug	47 days
Combust	8 Jul	19 Oct	about 3 months
♌ Leo	8 Aug	24 Sep	47 days
♍ Virgo	24 Sep	10 Nov	46 days
♎ Libra	10 Nov	25 Dec	45 days
♏ Scorpio	25 Dec	into 1941	6 days

Full Mars transit 1940, day by day

Mercury in 1940

17 sign changes · 3 retrograde periods · 7 combust periods

Mercury in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 1939	1 Jan	1 day
♐ Sagittarius	1 Jan	21 Jan	20 days
Combust	8 Jan	19 Feb	42 days
♑ Capricorn	21 Jan	7 Feb	18 days
♒ Aquarius	7 Feb	25 Feb	17 days
♓ Pisces	25 Feb	17 Mar	21 days
Retrograde	6 Mar	29 Mar	23 days
Combust	8 Mar	22 Mar	13 days
♒ Aquarius R	17 Mar	10 Apr	24 days
♓ Pisces	10 Apr	3 May	22 days
♈ Aries	3 May	18 May	15 days
Combust	9 May	3 Jun	25 days
♉ Taurus	18 May	1 Jun	14 days
♊ Gemini	1 Jun	20 Jun	18 days
♋ Cancer	20 Jun	26 Aug	about 2 months
Retrograde	8 Jul	2 Aug	24 days
Combust	14 Jul	30 Jul	16 days
Combust	21 Aug	22 Sep	32 days
♌ Leo	26 Aug	10 Sep	16 days
♍ Virgo	10 Sep	28 Sep	18 days
♎ Libra	28 Sep	22 Oct	24 days
♏ Scorpio	22 Oct	9 Nov	18 days
Retrograde	1 Nov	21 Nov	20 days
Combust	6 Nov	17 Nov	11 days
♎ Libra R	9 Nov	4 Dec	25 days
♏ Scorpio	4 Dec	25 Dec	20 days
Combust	17 Dec	into 1941	15 days
♐ Sagittarius	25 Dec	into 1941	7 days

Full Mercury transit 1940, day by day

Jupiter in 1940

1 sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♓ Pisces	from 1939	17 Apr	about 4 months
Combust	28 Mar	27 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	17 Apr	into 1941	about 9 months
Retrograde	4 Sep	31 Dec	about 4 months

Full Jupiter transit 1940, day by day

Venus in 1940

10 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Venus in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♑ Capricorn	from 1939	13 Jan	12 days
♒ Aquarius	13 Jan	6 Feb	25 days
♓ Pisces	6 Feb	2 Mar	25 days
♈ Aries	2 Mar	29 Mar	27 days
♉ Taurus	29 Mar	28 Apr	30 days
♊ Gemini	28 Apr	1 Sep	about 4 months
Retrograde	5 Jun	18 Jul	43 days
Combust	21 Jun	2 Jul	10 days
♋ Cancer	1 Sep	30 Sep	29 days
♌ Leo	30 Sep	27 Oct	26 days
♍ Virgo	27 Oct	21 Nov	25 days
♎ Libra	21 Nov	15 Dec	24 days
♏ Scorpio	15 Dec	into 1941	17 days

Full Venus transit 1940, day by day

Saturn in 1940

no sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Saturn in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♈ Aries	from 1939	into 1941	about 1 year
Combust	7 Apr	12 May	35 days
Retrograde	27 Aug	into 1941	about 4 months

Full Saturn transit 1940, day by day

Rahu in 1940

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♎ Libra	from 1939	18 Feb	48 days
♍ Virgo	18 Feb	into 1941	about 10 months

Rahu moves backwards as its ordinary motion, so it is retrograde all year.

Full Rahu transit 1940, day by day

Ketu in 1940

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 1940: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♈ Aries	from 1939	18 Feb	48 days
♓ Pisces	18 Feb	into 1941	about 10 months

Ketu moves backwards as its ordinary motion, so it is retrograde all year.

Full Ketu transit 1940, day by day