Dhosha

27 Nov - 9 Dec

Last Nakaiy of Hulhangu
Light north-easterly winds

Weather

Winds will generally be weak and blows from the North-East.

Averages

Winds at an average speed of 9 knots/hr. (16.67 km/hr.) Average rainfall is 101.6 mm (4 inches) and the sunshine is 97.6 hrs.

Fishing

Good. Season begins in the South.

Meaning

The name given in Maldives to the eighteenth Nakaiy of Hulhangu season. According to Hindu astrologers it is the eighteenth lunar mansion and is named Jyeshtha, meaning “oldest”. The presiding divinity is Indra. To the Arabs it is the eighteenth manzil of the moon and is known as Al-Qalb, "the heart". Sinhala name is Dheta. It is figured as a ring or an ear-ring.

Asterism

Alpha (Antares), Sigma and Tau in Scorpionis