Mars retrograde 1934

No retrograde period falls inside 1934. That is not an omission — the loop lands either side of the year boundary.

Why a year can have none

A retrograde recurs every 779.94 days — the synodic period of Mars. Because that does not divide evenly into 365.25 days, the loops drift through the calendar. For the slower planets a single loop can start in one year and finish in the next, leaving a calendar year with nothing inside it.

Check 1933 and 1935 — the period you are looking for will be in one of them.

Computed from the actual motion

The nearest Mars retrogrades either side of 1934

Previous

1933 Ended 12 April 1933 after 81 days, moving back 19.43° through the zodiac.

Next

1935 Begins 27 February 1935 and runs 79 days.

Gap across 1934

1.9 years between the two — long enough for a whole calendar year to fall inside it with nothing to report.

Both dates are computed from the planet’s apparent motion, not taken from a table. A retrograde begins the moment its daily movement against the stars turns negative, and that moment is findable to the hour.