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Can we coordinate the very clear signs of midsummer in Aa3-35 with a calendar based on 2 glyphs per day?

50
Ab8-29 Ab8-30 Ab8-31 Ab8-32 Ab8-83 Ab8-84
day 572 1 25 27
118
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa2-31 Aa2-32
28 59 88
10
Aa2-33 (123) Aa2-34 Aa2-45 Aa2-46
89 5 95
46
Aa2-47 Aa2-48 (138) Aa3-10 (185) Aa3-11
96 23 120 = (186 + 54) / 2

 

8
Aa3-12 Aa3-13 Aa3-14 Aa3-15 Aa3-24 Aa3-25 (200)
121 122 4 127 = 200 / 2 + 27
6 154
Aa3-26 Aa3-27 Aa3-34 Aa3-35 (210) Aa5-32 Aa5-33 (366)
128 = 2 * 64 3 264 / 2 = 132 77 420 / 2 = 210

The fat kahi in Aa3-27 (202) seems to measure out 3 * 27 = 3 * 3 * 3 * 3, a quartet of toru, presumably indicating that the 'square of spring sun' has ended. The lean kahi in Aa3-13 (188) possibly refers to the 'spring fish' and the fat one (Aa3-27) to the 'autumn fish'. From Aa3-12 (where 3 * 12 = 36) up to and including the fat kahi there are 16 glyphs.

The measure 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 should remind us of the distance in glyphs from kara etahi to Aa5-33:

10 229
Aa2-33 (123) Aa2-34 Aa2-45 Aa2-46 Aa5-33 (366)
243 = 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 244

244 / 2 = 122, which becomes 61 + 122 = 3 * 61 = 183 days if counted from Aa1-1. Counted from manu rere in Ab8-31 it becomes 183 + 27 = day 210.

Honui in Aa3-35 is glyph number 210, apparently not day 210. If we wish to identify Aa3-35 with p.m. of day 210 we must increase the day number at Aa5-33 (366) from 210 to 210 + 78 = 288.

In the text of G glyph number 210 is maitaki in Ga8-6:

Ga7-30 (1) Ga7-31 Ga7-32 Ga7-33 Ga7-34
Ga8-1 Ga8-2 Ga8-3
Ga8-4 Ga8-5 Ga8-6
Ga8-7 Ga8-8 Ga8-9 Ga8-10 Ga8-11 (16)

Significantly its ordinal number counted from Ga7-30 (200) is 11 ('one more' than 10).

Adding 64, to reach the day number, maitaki will be at day 210 + 64 = 274 (10 more than 264).

In A number 210 is indicated both by the glyph number at honui and by the day number of glyph number 366 (to which will be added 54):

 
Aa3-35 (210) Aa5-32 Aa5-33 (366)
420 / 2 = 210

3-35 is reflected in 5-33. Both numbers indicate 165, possibly to be understood as 16 * 5 = 80. A more probable intention, though, is to put 'fire' (5) in position 33 (1 more than 32). This idea is supported by 210 which can be read as 1 more than 20 (times 10). Mars does not appear in day number 21. Instead comes Mercury, the planet which never can be seen except close to the horizon.