Planetary Transits 1988: Jupiter in Aries, Rahu-Ketu Shift

Jupiter entered Aries on 3 Feb 1988 and Rahu-Ketu moved to Aquarius-Leo on 6 Mar 1988.

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

Sun 1988 Moon 1988 Mars 1988 Mercury 1988 Jupiter 1988 Venus 1988 Saturn 1988 Rahu 1988 Ketu 1988

Every transit in 1988, in date order

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Every transit in 1988, in date order
Date	Time	Planet	Event	Position
January 1988
2 Jan	00:05	Saturn	ClearLeaves combustion	1°52' Sagittarius, Mula
6 Jan	15:28	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
10 Jan	17:59	Venus	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
14 Jan	21:31	Sun	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
15 Jan	13:40	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	14°41' Capricorn, Shravana
26 Jan	05:17	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
February 1988
2 Feb	12:03	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	4°22' Aquarius, Dhanishta
3 Feb	02:51	Jupiter	Enters Aries	Ashwini
4 Feb	11:48	Venus	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
5 Feb	05:24	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	3°41' Aquarius, Dhanishta
9 Feb	15:23	Mercury	Enters Capricorn, retrograde	Dhanishta
13 Feb	07:06	Mars	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
13 Feb	10:29	Sun	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
17 Feb	04:33	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	21°48' Capricorn, Shravana
23 Feb	23:16	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	18°59' Capricorn, Shravana
March 1988
1 Mar	02:22	Venus	Enters Aries	Ashwini
6 Mar	20:55	Rahu	Enters Aquarius	Purva Bhadrapada
6 Mar	20:55	Ketu	Enters Leo	Uttara Phalguni
11 Mar	11:04	Mercury	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
14 Mar	07:21	Sun	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
28 Mar	15:42	Venus	Enters Taurus	Krittika
28 Mar	18:47	Mars	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha
April 1988
1 Apr	12:10	Mercury	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
6 Apr	19:51	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	9°18' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
11 Apr	07:14	Saturn	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	8°52' Sagittarius, Mula
13 Apr	15:49	Sun	Enters Aries	Ashwini
17 Apr	12:02	Mercury	Enters Aries	Ashwini
18 Apr	03:38	Jupiter	CombustGoes combust	15°24' Aries, Bharani
May 1988
1 May	18:49	Mercury	Enters Taurus	Krittika
2 May	16:04	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
3 May	11:20	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	3°19' Taurus, Krittika
12 May	19:07	Mars	Enters Aquarius	Dhanishta
14 May	12:41	Sun	Enters Taurus	Krittika
18 May	05:06	Jupiter	ClearLeaves combustion	22°33' Aries, Bharani
22 May	19:10	Venus	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	6°46' Gemini, Ardra
23 May	06:14	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
June 1988
1 Jun	04:27	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	3°05' Gemini, Mrigashira
4 Jun	22:40	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	2°34' Gemini, Mrigashira
8 Jun	03:07	Venus	CombustGoes combust	1°37' Gemini, Mrigashira
10 Jun	20:10	Venus	Enters Taurus, retrograde	Mrigashira
10 Jun	23:54	Mercury	Enters Taurus, retrograde	Mrigashira
14 Jun	19:17	Sun	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
18 Jun	08:30	Venus	ClearLeaves combustion	25°24' Taurus, Mrigashira
19 Jun	23:21	Jupiter	Enters Taurus	Krittika
21 Jun	23:13	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	24°50' Taurus, Mrigashira
25 Jun	04:26	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	24°27' Taurus, Mrigashira
July 1988
1 Jul	09:59	Mars	Enters Pisces	Purva Bhadrapada
4 Jul	19:55	Venus	DirectTurns direct	20°14' Taurus, Rohini
6 Jul	23:34	Mercury	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
16 Jul	06:10	Sun	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
21 Jul	14:14	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	21°06' Gemini, Punarvasu
26 Jul	02:17	Mercury	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
29 Jul	19:58	Venus	Enters Gemini	Mrigashira
August 1988
9 Aug	16:07	Mercury	Enters Leo	Magha
16 Aug	14:34	Sun	Enters Leo	Magha
17 Aug	22:01	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	15°16' Leo, Purva Phalguni
26 Aug	20:22	Mars	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	17°46' Pisces, Revati
26 Aug	21:02	Mercury	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
30 Aug	15:59	Saturn	DirectTurns direct	2°14' Sagittarius, Mula
September 1988
1 Sep	16:04	Venus	Enters Cancer	Punarvasu
16 Sep	14:30	Sun	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
20 Sep	17:41	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
24 Sep	19:43	Jupiter	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	12°26' Taurus, Rohini
29 Sep	03:22	Mercury	RetrogradeTurns retrograde	3°21' Libra, Chitra
29 Sep	06:55	Venus	Enters Leo	Magha
October 1988
5 Oct	16:31	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	0°42' Libra, Chitra
6 Oct	12:09	Mercury	Enters Virgo, retrograde	Chitra
17 Oct	02:25	Sun	Enters Libra	Chitra
17 Oct	17:48	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	18°38' Virgo, Hasta
20 Oct	11:08	Mercury	DirectTurns direct	17°57' Virgo, Hasta
24 Oct	23:05	Venus	Enters Virgo	Uttara Phalguni
28 Oct	11:00	Mars	DirectTurns direct	6°11' Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada
November 1988
2 Nov	17:15	Mercury	Enters Libra	Chitra
7 Nov	14:31	Mercury	CombustGoes combust	7°28' Libra, Swati
16 Nov	02:10	Sun	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
18 Nov	16:28	Venus	Enters Libra	Chitra
21 Nov	16:36	Mercury	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
December 1988
10 Dec	01:52	Saturn	CombustGoes combust	9°17' Sagittarius, Mula
10 Dec	17:39	Mercury	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
12 Dec	22:22	Venus	Enters Scorpio	Vishakha
15 Dec	16:47	Sun	Enters Sagittarius	Mula
26 Dec	18:07	Mercury	ClearLeaves combustion	25°15' Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha
29 Dec	19:41	Mercury	Enters Capricorn	Uttara Ashadha

Planet by planet

Each planet's stays and periods in 1988, from, to and length. Open a planet to see its table.

Sun in 1988

12 sign changes

Sun in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1987	14 Jan	14 days
♑ Capricorn	14 Jan	13 Feb	30 days
♒ Aquarius	13 Feb	14 Mar	30 days
♓ Pisces	14 Mar	13 Apr	30 days
♈ Aries	13 Apr	14 May	31 days
♉ Taurus	14 May	14 Jun	31 days
♊ Gemini	14 Jun	16 Jul	31 days
♋ Cancer	16 Jul	16 Aug	31 days
♌ Leo	16 Aug	16 Sep	31 days
♍ Virgo	16 Sep	17 Oct	30 days
♎ Libra	17 Oct	16 Nov	30 days
♏ Scorpio	16 Nov	15 Dec	30 days
♐ Sagittarius	15 Dec	into 1989	16 days

Full Sun transit 1988, day by day

Mars in 1988

4 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · not combust

Mars in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♏ Scorpio	from 1987	13 Feb	43 days
♐ Sagittarius	13 Feb	28 Mar	44 days
♑ Capricorn	28 Mar	12 May	45 days
♒ Aquarius	12 May	1 Jul	50 days
♓ Pisces	1 Jul	into 1989	about 6 months
Retrograde	26 Aug	28 Oct	about 2 months

Full Mars transit 1988, day by day

Mercury in 1988

19 sign changes · 3 retrograde periods · 7 combust periods

Mercury in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1987	6 Jan	6 days
Combust	from 1987	15 Jan	15 days
♑ Capricorn	6 Jan	26 Jan	20 days
♒ Aquarius	26 Jan	9 Feb	14 days
Retrograde	2 Feb	23 Feb	21 days
Combust	5 Feb	17 Feb	12 days
♑ Capricorn R	9 Feb	11 Mar	31 days
♒ Aquarius	11 Mar	1 Apr	21 days
♓ Pisces	1 Apr	17 Apr	16 days
Combust	6 Apr	3 May	27 days
♈ Aries	17 Apr	1 May	14 days
♉ Taurus	1 May	23 May	21 days
♊ Gemini	23 May	10 Jun	19 days
Retrograde	1 Jun	25 Jun	24 days
Combust	4 Jun	21 Jun	17 days
♉ Taurus R	10 Jun	6 Jul	26 days
♊ Gemini	6 Jul	26 Jul	19 days
Combust	21 Jul	17 Aug	27 days
♋ Cancer	26 Jul	9 Aug	15 days
♌ Leo	9 Aug	26 Aug	17 days
♍ Virgo	26 Aug	20 Sep	25 days
♎ Libra	20 Sep	6 Oct	16 days
Retrograde	29 Sep	20 Oct	21 days
Combust	5 Oct	17 Oct	12 days
♍ Virgo R	6 Oct	2 Nov	27 days
♎ Libra	2 Nov	21 Nov	19 days
Combust	7 Nov	26 Dec	49 days
♏ Scorpio	21 Nov	10 Dec	19 days
♐ Sagittarius	10 Dec	29 Dec	19 days
♑ Capricorn	29 Dec	into 1989	2 days

Full Mercury transit 1988, day by day

Jupiter in 1988

2 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Jupiter in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♓ Pisces	from 1987	3 Feb	33 days
♈ Aries	3 Feb	19 Jun	about 5 months
Combust	18 Apr	18 May	30 days
♉ Taurus	19 Jun	into 1989	about 6 months
Retrograde	24 Sep	into 1989	about 3 months

Full Jupiter transit 1988, day by day

Venus in 1988

12 sign changes · 1 retrograde period · 1 combust period

Venus in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♑ Capricorn	from 1987	10 Jan	10 days
♒ Aquarius	10 Jan	4 Feb	25 days
♓ Pisces	4 Feb	1 Mar	26 days
♈ Aries	1 Mar	28 Mar	28 days
♉ Taurus	28 Mar	2 May	35 days
♊ Gemini	2 May	10 Jun	39 days
Retrograde	22 May	4 Jul	43 days
Combust	8 Jun	18 Jun	10 days
♉ Taurus R	10 Jun	29 Jul	49 days
♊ Gemini	29 Jul	1 Sep	34 days
♋ Cancer	1 Sep	29 Sep	28 days
♌ Leo	29 Sep	24 Oct	26 days
♍ Virgo	24 Oct	18 Nov	25 days
♎ Libra	18 Nov	12 Dec	24 days
♏ Scorpio	12 Dec	into 1989	19 days

Full Venus transit 1988, day by day

Saturn in 1988

no sign change · 1 retrograde period · 2 combust periods

Saturn in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♐ Sagittarius	from 1987	into 1989	about 1 year
Combust	from 1987	2 Jan	1 day
Retrograde	11 Apr	30 Aug	about 5 months
Combust	10 Dec	into 1989	22 days

Full Saturn transit 1988, day by day

Rahu in 1988

1 sign change · always retrograde

Rahu in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♓ Pisces	from 1987	6 Mar	about 2 months
♒ Aquarius	6 Mar	into 1989	about 10 months

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

Full Rahu transit 1988, day by day

Ketu in 1988

1 sign change · always retrograde

Ketu in 1988: every stay and period
	From	To	Length
♍ Virgo	from 1987	6 Mar	about 2 months
♌ Leo	6 Mar	into 1989	about 10 months

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

Full Ketu transit 1988, day by day