Planet Combustion
Periods in 1987 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 1987
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | 18 Dec 1986, 08:53 | 02 Feb 1987, 08:07 | 45 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Feb 1987, 09:21 | 06 Mar 1987, 00:46 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 12 Mar 1987, 15:36 | 11 Apr 1987, 00:53 | 29 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 24 Apr 1987, 12:09 | 19 May 1987, 21:34 | 25 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 26 Jun 1987, 06:43 | 12 Jul 1987, 19:57 | 16 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mars | 03 Jul 1987, 10:53 | 14 Oct 1987, 21:13 | 103 | Within 17 degrees of the Sun |
| Venus | 18 Jul 1987, 01:57 | 29 Sep 1987, 13:53 | 73 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Aug 1987, 23:30 | 05 Sep 1987, 11:19 | 29 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 22 Oct 1987, 22:01 | 03 Nov 1987, 11:54 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 27 Nov 1987, 20:13 | 15 Jan 1988, 13:24 | 48 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 29 Nov 1987, 15:23 | 01 Jan 1988, 23:49 | 33 | Within 15 degrees of the Sun |
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.