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Next we realize that 314 must be considered as equal to 250 + 64 (not as the ugly 251 + 63):

Hb3-4 Hb3-5 Hb3-6 (753)
64 + 250 = 314

To accomplish this feat, where 100π is the sum of 8 squared and 10 times 5 squared (probably an irresistible equation for the number jugglers who created the rongorongo texts), we must find an extra day to add to those 63 (resulting from adding 5 to 58).

The natural place to search for the needed extra day is at the beginning of side a, and the glyphs there indeed support a reading where day 1 is beginning with Ha1-4:

Ha1-1 Ha1-2 Ha1-3 Ha1-4 Ha1-5 Ha1-6
0 (= day 64) day 1
Ha1-7 Ha1-8 Ha1-9 Ha1-10 Ha1-11 Ha1-12
2 3
Ha1-13 Ha1-14 Ha1-15 Ha1-16 Ha1-17 Ha1-18
4 5

This way of reading the beginning of side a is placing Ha1-6, the 'midnight henua', in its proper position, as day number 1.