heliacal

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The Sothiac period, or that cycle in which the heliacal rising of Sirius passed the whole civil year, and took place again on the same day, was of 1461 years, not 14,601.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

The more precise fixing of new year's day was accomplished through observation of the time of the so-called heliacal rising of the dog-star, Sirius, which bore the Egyptian name Sothis.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

We recognize to-day this "heliacal rising" of the stars.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

I do not see how the heliacal rising of Sirius in any one year could help them to determine its length.

From Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville by Somerville, Mary

The heliacal rising of Canopus was also a precursor of the rising of the Nile.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert