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To begin with, it is necessary to understand that the text has an even number of glyphs, a trick established by Gb8-30 being used both at the beginning and the end:

etc
Gb8-30 Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30
1 2 3 470 471 472

Pairs of synodic lunar months (29½ nights) can then be coordinated with the glyphs (given one glyph per day), e.g.:

Nga Kope Ririva Te Pei Hua Reva Hatinga Te Kohe
Ga7-7 Gb1-6 Gb3-4 Gb4-33
177 = 6 * 29½ 236 = 8 * 29½ 295 = 10 * 29½ 354 = 12 * 29½

The kuhane stations according to Manuscript E can be mapped, although on side a the stations seem to come in reversed order. Moon moves in the opposite direction to the sun and the text on side a describes the movement of the sun during spring.