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Ka2-3 Ka2-4 Ka2-5 Ka2-6 Ka2-7 Ka2-8 Ka2-9
Ka2-10 Ka2-11 Ka2-12 Ka2-13 Ka2-14 Ka2-15 Ka2-16
Ka2-17 Ka2-18 Ka2-19 Ka2-20 Ka2-21 Ka2-22 (20)

This cycle measures 22, but only 20 are 'in the light'. The cycle of the moon counts only to 20, and above the structure is 20 = 8 + 12, we can see, presumably 8 for the moon and 12 for the sun. Though these 12 glyphs represent 6 pairs:

Ka2-11 Ka2-12 Ka2-13 Ka2-14 Ka2-15 Ka2-16
Ka2-17 Ka2-18 Ka2-19 Ka2-20 Ka2-21 Ka2-22 (20)
300 320 340 360 380 400

If we count 20 days per glyph, Mercury at Ka2-22 will have the last day of a 20 * 20 = 400 day long year. Tagata at Ka2-17 will mark where the light cycle of Sun is ending, at the end of the 3rd quarter. Which means toga in the following glyph will be in the dark, a day of Saturn. Another type of year, with 360 days, is suggested by 2 * 18.

Yet, only with Moon at Ka2-20 does day 360 appear according to the 400-day system. The 'arm' at right in this glyph is the same sign as we saw in Aa1-20:

0 1
Aa1-17 Aa1-18 Aa1-19 Aa1-20
2 3
Aa1-21 Aa1-22 Aa1-23 Aa1-24