The Emirates Astronomy Society said that on October 16, the country will witness the entry of the “marking” season. The “mark” is a period of time comprising four moons of the lunar mansions, each of 13 days, which is “howling” the first star of the sign and its entry on October 16, followed by “Al-Sammak” and its entry on October 29, then “forgiveness” November 11, and finally “al-Zabbana” which is the last star of the mark and its entry Next November 24th.
The marking ends on December 6, and winter begins, so that the total number of marking days is 52 days from October 16 to December 6, while some consider it 60 days, starting from mid-October and ending with mid-December.