heliacal

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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

In that connection there are three kinds of them, cosmical, achronical, and heliacal, important to be distinguished by all who would understand this ancient learning.

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

And precisely at the moment of the heliacal rising of Arcturus, also rose Spica Virginis.

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

It seems to have been considered of great importance in ancient Egypt, as its heliacal rising announced that of Sirius, which heralded the annual rising of the Nile.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

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