heliacal

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The heliacal rising of Orion is at present computed to be about the 6th of July; and about that time it is that he either causes or presages tempests on the seas.

From Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry by Dryden, John

In Egypt, another reason was, that then the Nile began to overflow, at the heliacal rising of Sirius.

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

The Muhammadan month begins with the heliacal rising of the moon, and this may have taken place on the 24th or 25th evening.

From A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India by Sewell, Robert

According to an extremely ancient belief it was the goddess Hathor Isis-Sothis who caused the inundation of the Nile which, according to the inscriptions, coincided with the heliacal rising of Sirius.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

The dies caniculares, or dog-days, were reckoned to begin twenty days before, and to continue for twenty days after, the heliacal rising of Sirius, the dog-star.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel