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The structure of the Q text has been discussed at ariga erua, and winter solstice was found to be in line Qb5:

... In Q there are 2 glyphs per day:


*Qb5-29	*Qb5-30 (604)	*Qb5-31	*Qb5-32	*Qb5-33	*Qb5-34
604 / 2 + 64 = 366		367		368
					...
*Qb5-35	*Qb5-36	*Qb5-37	*Qb5-38 (612)	*Qb5-39	*Qb5-40
369		370		371

Honu 'vae kore' (without legs) has been located in the calendar so that day number 296 counted from *Qa1-1 will coincide with winter solstice. Winter solstice is the 'finish' of old sun:

		10
*Qb5-17	*Qb5-18 (592)	10	*Qb5-29	*Qb5-30
296 + 64 = 360		5	366

I have restored the number of glyphs in Q as 736, which is equal to 368 days. The added 64 days from the end of side b is a pattern we recognize from G.

Counting backwards from the end of side b we will find the first glyph in the calendar to be 736 - 2 * 64 + 2 = 610, quite in agreement with the arrival of the new 'beast' depicted in the glyph:


*Qb5-35	*Qb5-36 (610)
369 = 610 / 2 + 64 = 305 + 64
day 1 (= 369 - 368)

... 736 (the number of glyphs in Q) = 16 * 46 ...

From this it seems to be an easy task to count glyphs and find where the pair of ika hiku glyphs 'stranded high on the beach' are located in the calendar cycle.