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Inside the 192 glyph long text of K (half as long as 384 = 364 + 20) and beginning with Rei at Ka3-15 comes the main part describing the journey of the sun over the year:

42 65 22
Ka3-14 (60) Ka3-15 Kb1-7 Kb4-17 (170)
2 * 22 = 44 3 * 22 = 66

At Ka3-14 (alluding to π) a first season covered by 60 glyphs is ending, and then follows sequences of glyphs which are grouped by using multiples of 22. The reason seems to be that a good approximation of π is reached by dividing 22 by 7.

The last of the kiore + henua glyphs is Kb4-14 (6 glyph lines beyond Ka3-14 to suit the path of the sun). Then follows a new season, illustrated by a variant of the tamaiti ('child') glyph type:

Kb4-14 Kb4-15 (168) Kb4-16 Kb4-17 Kb4-18

The ordinal number of Kb4-15 is 168 (which here should be thought of as 12 / 13 * 182), and it is probably no coincidence that the moon manu rere at the beginning of the short calendar for the year has ordinal number 68:

Ka4-1 (68) Ka4-2 Ka4-3 Ka4-4 Ka4-5 Ka4-6 Ka4-7
Ka4-8 Ka4-9 Ka4-10 Ka4-11 Ka4-12

Ka4-1 is located 8 glyphs beyond Rei in Ka3-15, and this 12-glyph long calendar therefore comes closely after the beginning of the larger calendar - which is describing the path of the sun over the year (and which is determined by the kiore + henua section in the even longer total calendar coinciding with the whole text).