Planetary Transits 1887: Saturn in Cancer

Saturn entered Cancer on 19 Jun 1887 and Jupiter entered Scorpio on 6 Dec 1887.

Every sign change, retrograde station and combustion period, all planets, in Nepal Time (GMT +5:45). The Moon has its own page.

Sun 1887 Moon 1887 Mars 1887 Mercury 1887 Jupiter 1887 Venus 1887 Saturn 1887 Rahu 1887 Ketu 1887

Every transit in 1887, in date order

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Every transit in 1887, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 1887
2 Jan	16:59	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
5 Jan	06:18	Venus	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
12 Jan	23:39	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
14 Jan	05:57	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	11°17' Capricorn, Shravana
15 Jan	08:57	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	18°26' Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha
21 Jan	20:47	Mars	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
22 Jan	19:31	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
29 Jan	04:05	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
February 1887
8 Feb	10:34	Mars	CombustGoes combust	13°53' Aquarius, Shatabhisha
9 Feb	13:32	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
11 Feb	12:41	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
19 Feb	22:27	Jupiter	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	13°36' Libra, Swati
22 Feb	04:58	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
24 Feb	05:40	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	26°49' Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada
26 Feb	02:25	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
28 Feb	23:31	Mars	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
March 1887
12 Mar	19:50	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	14°06' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
13 Mar	09:41	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
15 Mar	03:12	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	13°43' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
17 Mar	22:54	Saturn	DirectTurns direct	23°17' Gemini, Punarvasu
18 Mar	11:24	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
29 Mar	00:09	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	3°29' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
April 1887
4 Apr	23:29	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	1°14' Pisces, Purva Bhadrapada
8 Apr	23:51	Mars	Enters Aries	Ashwini
12 Apr	02:25	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
12 Apr	18:21	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
May 1887
5 May	07:44	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
7 May	05:57	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
13 May	15:23	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
15 May	09:52	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	17°42' Aries, Bharani
19 May	15:10	Mars	Enters Taurus	Krittika
21 May	12:21	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
June 1887
2 Jun	05:11	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
4 Jun	08:50	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
6 Jun	21:52	Rahu	Enters Cancer	Ashlesha
6 Jun	21:52	Ketu	Enters Capricorn	Dhanishta
8 Jun	22:06	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	9°13' Gemini, Ardra
13 Jun	22:08	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
19 Jun	04:08	Saturn	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
21 Jun	02:52	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
23 Jun	11:39	Jupiter	DirectTurns direct	3°42' Libra, Chitra
29 Jun	18:21	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
July 1887
1 Jul	05:05	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	1°30' Cancer, Punarvasu
1 Jul	08:41	Mars	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
2 Jul	16:47	Mars	ClearLeaves combustion	0°55' Gemini, Mrigashira
15 Jul	09:05	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
15 Jul	16:17	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	19°56' Cancer, Ashlesha
22 Jul	00:32	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	18°21' Cancer, Ashlesha
August 1887
1 Aug	01:08	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
6 Aug	08:58	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	9°01' Cancer, Pushya
6 Aug	12:26	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	6°10' Cancer, Pushya
8 Aug	19:20	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	8°42' Cancer, Pushya
15 Aug	09:43	Mars	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
15 Aug	17:27	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
27 Aug	01:42	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	26°56' Cancer, Ashlesha
28 Aug	18:11	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
31 Aug	18:02	Venus	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	13°58' Virgo, Hasta
September 1887
13 Sep	11:34	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
15 Sep	17:17	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
16 Sep	19:40	Venus	CombustGoes combust	9°04' Virgo, Uttara Phalguni
26 Sep	23:04	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	3°00' Virgo, Uttara Phalguni
29 Sep	21:38	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	27°53' Virgo, Chitra
October 1887
1 Oct	06:05	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
1 Oct	23:38	Mars	Enters Leo	Magha
3 Oct	00:48	Venus	Enters Leo, retrograde	Uttara Phalguni
13 Oct	02:41	Venus	DirectTurns direct	27°57' Leo, Uttara Phalguni
16 Oct	05:02	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
22 Oct	20:46	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
23 Oct	15:14	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
26 Oct	06:12	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	21°00' Libra, Vishakha
November 1887
7 Nov	09:22	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	11°26' Scorpio, Anuradha
12 Nov	12:50	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	9°19' Scorpio, Anuradha
15 Nov	04:37	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
18 Nov	04:45	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	14°15' Cancer, Pushya
20 Nov	05:02	Mercury	Enters Libra, retrograde	Vishakha
22 Nov	06:55	Mars	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
23 Nov	06:28	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	27°09' Libra, Vishakha
23 Nov	16:08	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	26°34' Libra, Vishakha
27 Nov	08:25	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	25°17' Libra, Vishakha
December 1887
1 Dec	18:38	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
5 Dec	11:32	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
6 Dec	10:04	Jupiter	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
14 Dec	19:05	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
25 Dec	01:56	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	26°29' Scorpio, Jyeshtha
27 Dec	10:03	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
29 Dec	09:59	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 1887, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 1887

12 sign changes

Sun in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1886	12 Jan	12 days
♑ Capricorn	12 Jan	11 Feb	30 days
♒ Aquarius	11 Feb	13 Mar	30 days
♓ Pisces	13 Mar	12 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	12 Apr	13 May	31 days
♉ Taurus	13 May	13 Jun	31 days
♊ Gemini	13 Jun	15 Jul	31 days
♋ Cancer	15 Jul	15 Aug	31 days
♌ Leo	15 Aug	15 Sep	31 days
♍ Virgo	15 Sep	16 Oct	30 days
♎ Libra	16 Oct	15 Nov	30 days
♏ Scorpio	15 Nov	14 Dec	30 days
♐ Sagittarius	14 Dec	into 1888	17 days

Full Sun transit 1887, day by day

Mars in 1887

8 sign changes · no retrograde · 1 combust period

Mars in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♑ Capricorn	from 1886	21 Jan	21 days
♒ Aquarius	21 Jan	28 Feb	38 days
Combust	8 Feb	2 Jul	about 5 months
♓ Pisces	28 Feb	8 Apr	39 days
♈ Aries	8 Apr	19 May	41 days
♉ Taurus	19 May	1 Jul	43 days
♊ Gemini	1 Jul	15 Aug	45 days
♋ Cancer	15 Aug	1 Oct	48 days
♌ Leo	1 Oct	22 Nov	51 days
♍ Virgo	22 Nov	into 1888	40 days

Full Mars transit 1887, day by day

Mercury in 1887

15 sign changes · 3 retrograde periods · 7 combust periods

Mercury in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 1886	2 Jan	2 days
♐ Sagittarius	2 Jan	22 Jan	20 days
Combust	15 Jan	24 Feb	40 days
♑ Capricorn	22 Jan	9 Feb	18 days
♒ Aquarius	9 Feb	26 Feb	17 days
♓ Pisces	26 Feb	5 May	about 2 months
Retrograde	12 Mar	4 Apr	23 days
Combust	15 Mar	29 Mar	14 days
♈ Aries	5 May	21 May	16 days
Combust	15 May	8 Jun	25 days
♉ Taurus	21 May	4 Jun	14 days
♊ Gemini	4 Jun	21 Jun	17 days
♋ Cancer	21 Jun	28 Aug	about 2 months
Retrograde	15 Jul	8 Aug	24 days
Combust	22 Jul	6 Aug	15 days
Combust	27 Aug	29 Sep	34 days
♌ Leo	28 Aug	13 Sep	16 days
♍ Virgo	13 Sep	1 Oct	18 days
♎ Libra	1 Oct	22 Oct	22 days
♏ Scorpio	22 Oct	20 Nov	28 days
Retrograde	7 Nov	27 Nov	20 days
Combust	12 Nov	23 Nov	11 days
♎ Libra R	20 Nov	5 Dec	15 days
♏ Scorpio	5 Dec	27 Dec	22 days
Combust	25 Dec	into 1888	7 days
♐ Sagittarius	27 Dec	into 1888	5 days

Full Mercury transit 1887, day by day

Jupiter in 1887

1 sign change · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♎ Libra	from 1886	6 Dec	about 11 months
Retrograde	19 Feb	23 Jun	about 4 months
Combust	26 Oct	23 Nov	28 days
♏ Scorpio	6 Dec	into 1888	26 days

Full Jupiter transit 1887, day by day

Venus in 1887

13 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 2 combust periods

Venus in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1886	5 Jan	4 days
Combust	from 1886	14 Jan	13 days
♑ Capricorn	5 Jan	29 Jan	24 days
♒ Aquarius	29 Jan	22 Feb	24 days
♓ Pisces	22 Feb	18 Mar	24 days
♈ Aries	18 Mar	12 Apr	25 days
♉ Taurus	12 Apr	7 May	25 days
♊ Gemini	7 May	2 Jun	26 days
♋ Cancer	2 Jun	29 Jun	28 days
♌ Leo	29 Jun	1 Aug	32 days
♍ Virgo	1 Aug	3 Oct	about 2 months
Retrograde	31 Aug	13 Oct	42 days
Combust	16 Sep	26 Sep	10 days
♌ Leo R	3 Oct	23 Oct	21 days
♍ Virgo	23 Oct	1 Dec	39 days
♎ Libra	1 Dec	29 Dec	28 days
♏ Scorpio	29 Dec	into 1888	3 days

Full Venus transit 1887, day by day

Saturn in 1887

1 sign change · 2 retrograde periods · 1 combust period

Saturn in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♊ Gemini	from 1886	19 Jun	about 6 months
Retrograde	from 1886	17 Mar	about 2 months
♋ Cancer	19 Jun	into 1888	about 6 months
Combust	1 Jul	6 Aug	36 days
Retrograde	18 Nov	into 1888	44 days

Full Saturn transit 1887, day by day

Rahu in 1887

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♌ Leo	from 1886	6 Jun	about 5 months
♋ Cancer	6 Jun	into 1888	about 7 months

Rahu moves backwards as its ordinary motion, so it is retrograde all year.

Full Rahu transit 1887, day by day

Ketu in 1887

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 1887: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♒ Aquarius	from 1886	6 Jun	about 5 months
♑ Capricorn	6 Jun	into 1888	about 7 months

Ketu moves backwards as its ordinary motion, so it is retrograde all year.

Full Ketu transit 1887, day by day