Hiyavihaa

14 Feb - 26 Feb

Sixth Nakaiy of Iruvaa
Seas are calm, days and nights are hot

Weather

During this period the seas are calm, the winds blow from the North-East.

Averages

Winds at an average speed of 9 knots/hr. (16.67 km/hr.). The currents of the seas are moderate. Average rainfall for this Nakaiy is 14.4 mm (0.57 inches) and the sunshine is 126.5 hrs.

Fishing

Good. Schools closer to the coast.

Agriculture

Fields are sown.

Meaning

The name given to the sixth Nakaiy of Iruvaa season. According to the Hindu Astrologers it is the twenty fifth lunar mansion and is named Catabhishaj, meaning "having a hundred physicians". The presiding divinity is Varuna. To the Arabs it is the twenty-fifth manzil of the moon and is called Sa\'d al -Akhbiyah, which mean "felicity of tents". Singhala name is Siyavasa. It is figured a a circle.

Asterism

Lambda in Aquarii