Planet Combustion
Periods in 1988 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 1988
| Planet | From | To | Days | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Mercury | 05 Feb 1988, 05:08 | 17 Feb 1988, 04:17 | 11 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 06 Apr 1988, 19:35 | 03 May 1988, 11:04 | 26 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Jupiter | 18 Apr 1988, 03:22 | 18 May 1988, 04:50 | 30 | Within 11 degrees of the Sun |
| Mercury | 04 Jun 1988, 22:24 | 21 Jun 1988, 22:57 | 17 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Venus | 08 Jun 1988, 02:51 | 18 Jun 1988, 08:14 | 10 | Within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 21 Jul 1988, 13:58 | 17 Aug 1988, 21:45 | 27 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 05 Oct 1988, 16:15 | 17 Oct 1988, 17:32 | 12 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Mercury | 07 Nov 1988, 14:15 | 26 Dec 1988, 17:51 | 49 | Within 14 degrees of the Sun (12 when retrograde) |
| Saturn | 10 Dec 1988, 01:36 | 12 Jan 1989, 08:37 | 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.