Planet Combustion
Periods in 1888 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 1888
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 25 Dec 1887, 01:35 | 07 Feb 1888, 11:55 | 44 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Feb 1888, 06:30 | 10 Mar 1888, 05:18 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 28 Apr 1888, 07:59 | 23 May 1888, 09:19 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 05 Jun 1888, 10:14 | 17 Aug 1888, 05:33 | 72 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 01 Jul 1888, 12:22 | 17 Jul 1888, 18:37 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 15 Jul 1888, 02:47 | 20 Aug 1888, 06:14 | 36 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 10 Aug 1888, 11:14 | 09 Sep 1888, 23:57 | 30 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Oct 1888, 15:08 | 07 Nov 1888, 01:28 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 25 Nov 1888, 05:30 | 23 Dec 1888, 01:32 | 27 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 03 Dec 1888, 03:24 | 20 Jan 1889, 01:17 | 47 | 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.