Tsiku la Ilyin limakhala pa August 2 ndipo anthu ambiri amadziwa lero chifukwa cha kusambidwa kusambira m'madzi otseguka. Izi ndi chifukwa chakuti madzi ochokera nthawi ino amakhala wophunzira komanso owopsa kuti akhale wathanzi. Ndipotu, pali miyambo ina ndi zikhulupiriro zina. Kuyambira nthawi zakale, chidwi chachikulu chaperekedwa kwa nyengo pa tsiku la Ilin. Iwo awuka chifukwa cha zaka zambiri za momwe anthu amawonera ndi kuyerekezera mfundo zosiyanasiyana. Kuyambira nthawi zakale, anthu ankakhulupirira kuti usanafike chakudya chamasiku a Eliya akadali chilimwe, ndiye kuti kale kale.
Zizindikiro za anthu za nyengo ya Ilya
Malingana ndi nyengo ya lero, ndi mwambo kulongosola kuti nthawi yophukira idzakhala yotani, ndiko, youma kapena mvula. Ngati kuli nyengo yamvula yamasiku a Ilia, ndiye chaka chamawa tiyenera kuyembekezera kukolola kwa rye. Dzuwa ndi nyengo yozizira zinkaonedwa kuti ndi chizindikiro choyipa, zomwe zikusonyeza kukhalapo kwapamwamba kwa moto ndi chiwonongeko cha mbewu. Mwa njira, anthu akale ankakhulupirira kuti madzi amvula osonkhanitsidwa tsiku la Ilya ali ndi mphamvu yapadera yamatsenga. Mvula youma pa August 2
Palinso zizindikiro za nyengo pa tsiku la Ilyin lomwe limagwirizanitsidwa ndi bingu, kotero ngati liri wogontha, ndiye kuti muyenera kuyembekezera mvula ing'onozing'ono, koma bingu lamkokomo ndilo chiwombankhanga cha bafa yaikulu. Bingu lopitirira limaneneratu matalala. Mvula ndi bingu zimatanthauza kuti mutu udzakhala wodwala kwa nthawi yayitali, ndipo ngati bingu likulirakulira, padzakhala chifuwa mu chifuwa. Pa mvula yamkuntho, m'pofunika kutsegula mazenera ndi zitseko mwamphamvu, ndikuyang'ana pamaso pa zithunzi za kandulo ndi nyali. Motero, munthu amateteza nyumba yake ku mphezi. Zimakhulupirira kuti nyengo idzakhalapo pa August 2, momwe zidzakhalire ndi pa Kukwezedwa, ndiko, pa September 27. Ngati pa tsiku la Eliya munthu adagwidwa mvula - ichi ndi chizindikiro chabwino, chosonyeza kuti adzakhala wathanzi chaka chonse.