- The
heliacal rising (/hɪˈlaɪ.əkəl/ hih-LY-ə-kəl) of a star or a
planet occurs annually when it
becomes visible above the
eastern horizon at dawn just before...
- is
still used by many
Zoroastrian communities. A
heliacal year is the
interval between the
heliacal risings of a star. It
differs from the
sidereal year...
-
loses enough time that the
start of its year once
again coincides with the
heliacal rising of the star
Sirius (Ancient Egyptian: spdt or Sopdet, 'Triangle';...
-
degree ecliptic into 36
parts of 10
degrees each, both for
theurgical and
heliacal horological purposes. The
decans each appeared, geocentrically, to rise...
- plane) has
given it
importance in many cultures,
ancient and modern. Its
heliacal rising,
which moves through the
seasons over
millennia (see precession)...
- Kirk
missionary James Macdonald wrote that the
confusion was
settled with
heliacal rising of Pleiades,
which is ****ociated with the
month of uNhlangulana...
-
Sirius had
significance since every 1460
years (the
Sothic cycle) its
heliacal rising (just
before sunrise)
marked the
Egyptian new year and the inundation...
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sultry days of summer. They were
historically the
period following the
heliacal rising of the star
system Sirius (known
colloquially as the "Dog Star")...
- as a god,
called Sah.
Because Orion rises before Sirius, the star
whose heliacal rising was the
basis for the
Solar Egyptian calendar, Sah was
closely linked...
-
Medhelanon sanctuary was
aligned towards the
heliacal rising of Antares,
while the
other towards the
heliacal rising of Capella. The
latter coincided with...
