Fura

24 Aug - 6 Sep

Eleventh Nakaiy of Hulhangu
Isolated showers. Rainy season ends. usually dry with light north-westerly winds

Weather

This is the end of the rainy days of Hulhangu. There are isolated showers. Wind generally blows from the North-West.

Averages

Winds at an average speed of 10 knots/hr. (18.52 km/hr.). Average rainfall is 48.0 mm (1.89 inches) and the average sunshine is 107.8 hours.

Fishing

Average schools are far from coast.

Agriculture

Harvesting.

Meaning

The name is given in Maldives to the eleventh Nakaiy of Hulhangu season. According to Hindu astrologers it is the eleventh lunar mansion and it is a double asterism having the same Phalguni. The word Purva meaning “former” being added to this one to distinguish it from the following. The exact meaning of the word is not certain but is used to designate a species of fig tree. The presiding divinity is Bhaga. To the Arabs it is the eleventh Manzil of the moon and they name it, Az-Zubrah, "the mane". Singhala name is Puvapal. it is figured as a couch.

Asterism

Delta and Theta in Leonis