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Also the parallel text sequences in H/P/Q here identify a point in time when a 'knot' could be needed:

Aa1-64 *Ha6-45 Pa6-6 Qa6-8

Tagata means the old season is fully grown. Moreover, the numbers are likewise significant 6 * 45 = 270 = 9 * 30, 6 * 6 = 36(0) and 6 * 8 = 48(0). H and P are quite similar in indicating a kind of final for the Sun and also in their designs of tagata, while Q is different.

Counting ordinal numbers from glyph a1-1 in respective text indicates a close connection between H and P, while Q seems to be 'elsewhen':

*Ha6-45 Pa6-6 Qa6-8
320 321 213

However, if we assume H and P to be counted with 3 glyphs per day and Q with 2 glyphs per day, the order is very much the same: 321 / 3 * 2 = 214.

In Q we can translate glyph number 213 into a day number by dividing by 2 and adding 64:

Qa6-4 Qa6-5 Qa6-6 Qa6-7 Qa6-8 Qa6-9 (214)
169 170 64 + 214 / 2 = 171 = 9 * 19
Qa6-10 Qa6-11 Qa6-12 Qa6-13 Qa6-14 Qa6-15
172 173 174
Qa6-16 Qa6-17 Qa6-18 Qa6-19 Qa6-20 Qa6-21
175 176 177
Qa6-22 Qa6-23 Qa6-24 Qa6-25 Qa6-26 Qa6-27
178 179 180
Qa6-28 Qa6-29 Qa6-30 Qa6-31 Qa6-32 Qa6-33
181 182 183
Qa6-34 Qa6-35 Qa6-36 Qa6-37 Qa6-38 Qa6-39
184 185 186
...
Qa6-40 Qa6-41 Qa6-42 Qa6-43 Qa6-44 *Qa6-45
187 188 189
... ... ... ...
*Qa6-46 *Qa6-47 *Qa6-48 *Qa6-49
190 191

The day beyond *Qa6-49 is day 192 and glyph line Qa6 apparently covers the time from day 168 to day 192 (24 days). 6 * 8 = 48 is the equivalent number of glyphs. Mars is missing beyond Qa6-42 and 6 * 49 = 294.

Although day number 9 * 19 is evidence for Spring Sun (Mars) reaching his end it is not a strong sign. Ordinal number 213 could be a stronger signal for us, because 13 implies the death of Sun in a more definite way. He has had his 200 (half 400) days and 13 more must surely be enough.

Already by simply counting the ordinal numbers of the glyphs from Qa1-1 and concentrating on the 8 glyphs beyond tagata in Qa6-8 is rewarding:

Qa6-8 Qa6-9 (214) Qa6-10
Qa6-11 (216) Qa6-12 Qa6-13 (218)
Qa6-14 Qa6-15 (220) Qa6-16

In the center of this rhomb is Qa6-12. 6 * 12 = 72, but maybe we should read 36 because in Q we are used to divide by 2. 8 feathers are at the back side and 8 in front, surely a sign of the Moon (or her Venus 'garment').

Back to Tahua. In G it is possible to find a connection in the design of the glyph:

Ga7-30 (204) Aa1-64
64 + 204 = 268 64 / 2 = 32

H/P/Q and G apparently indicate the time when Spring Sun must leave the stage. But in Tahua Aa1-64 is at the end of the main calendar (808 glyphs long). It could mean that this main calendar describes the journey of Spring Sun, beginning 80 glyphs from the end of side a and ending 64 glyphs from the beginning of side a.