Definition of Heliacal. Meaning of Heliacal. Synonyms of Heliacal

- 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...
- sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star")...
- plane) has given it importance in many cultures, ancient and modern. Its heliacal rising, which moves through the seasons over millennia (see precession)...
- its prominence in its constellation, Canis Major (the Greater Dog). The heliacal rising of Sirius marked the flooding of the Nile in Ancient Egypt and the...
- degree ecliptic into 36 parts of 10 degrees each, both for theurgical and heliacal horological purposes. The decans each appeared, geocentrically, to rise...
- Sirius had significance since every 1460 years (the Sothic cycle) its heliacal rising (just before sunrise) marked the Egyptian new year and the inundation...
- indicate that the Egyptians had already established a link between the heliacal rising of Sirius (Ancient Egyptian: Spdt or Sopdet, "Triangle"; Ancient...
- Schaefer and the astronomer Teije de Jong computed that the dates of the heliacal risings and settings in these tablets fit in the region of ****ur at around...
- Medhelanon sanctuary was aligned towards the heliacal rising of Antares, while the other towards the heliacal rising of Capella. The latter coincided with...