Planet Combustion
Periods in 1887 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 1887
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 24 Oct 1886, 07:14 | 14 Jan 1887, 05:36 | 81 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 Jan 1887, 08:36 | 24 Feb 1887, 05:19 | 39 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 08 Feb 1887, 10:13 | 02 Jul 1887, 16:25 | 144 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 15 Mar 1887, 02:51 | 28 Mar 1887, 23:48 | 13 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 15 May 1887, 09:31 | 08 Jun 1887, 21:45 | 24 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 01 Jul 1887, 04:44 | 06 Aug 1887, 12:05 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 22 Jul 1887, 00:11 | 06 Aug 1887, 08:37 | 15 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Aug 1887, 01:20 | 29 Sep 1887, 21:17 | 33 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 16 Sep 1887, 19:19 | 26 Sep 1887, 22:43 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 26 Oct 1887, 05:51 | 23 Nov 1887, 06:07 | 28 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 12 Nov 1887, 12:29 | 23 Nov 1887, 15:47 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 25 Dec 1887, 01:35 | 07 Feb 1888, 11:55 | 44 | 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.