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At Ha5-20 the head of the sun apparently has come off:

Ha5-17 (233) Ha5-18 Ha5-19 Ha5-20 (236)
Ha5-21 Ha5-22 Ha5-23 Ha5-24 (240)

From a 'head on fire' (Ha5-19) it suddenly becomes black (the neck is formed like a ghostly henua with two lines across). A new season is being born and moa in Ha5-21 cries out triumphantly.

Honui at Ha5-22 seems to be the new 'costume' after the one used in Ha5-18. The front limb of moa has 3 feathers at left (the past), and none at right. From a season of 'fire' it now has become a season of 'water'. Tagata is at left (midsummer is in the past) according to Ha5-23.

In Ha5-24 the 'watery hole' seems to balance on the apex of a symmetric hau tea. 5 * 24 = 120. If we count 15-day long half-months, then there will be room for 8 such in 120 days. But the ordinal number counted from Ha1-1 is 240, which could mean we should count with 30-day months. 240 / 8 = 30. Presumably 5-24 is here primarily not meant for multiplying, but refers to ordinal number 24 ('decades' for the 'fire', 5, season).