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We should remember the rona pair marking the 'crack in time' at the end of the year in Q (cfr at ariga erua):

*Qb5-29 *Qb5-30 *Qb5-31 *Qb5-32 *Qb5-33 *Qb5-34 (608)
366 367 368 = 608 / 2 + 64
...
*Qb5-35 *Qb5-36 *Qb5-37 *Qb5-38 *Qb5-39 *Qb5-40

The total number of glyphs in Q probably was inteded to be 736 and each day to be counted as 2 glyphs, i.e. with a calendar stretching for 736 / 3 = 368 days.

The parallel text of H also has 2 rona glyphs here:

Hb3-1 Hb3-2 Hb3-3 Hb3-4
Hb3-5 Hb3-6 (806) Hb3-7 Hb3-8

And 3-6 in Hb3-6 is similar to 36 in *Qb5-36. The H text is longer than the Q text and it could mean we should count with 3 glyphs per day, and 1296 / 3 = 432 days. 368 (the probable number of days in Q) + 64 = 432.

However, the number of glyphs in the first 14 lines (a1-b2) amount to 800, which could mean we should alternatively count with 2 glyphs per day in a calendar stretching for 14 lines and 400 days.

3 * 268 = 804 is the glyph number for tagata rere in Hb3-4. The central glyph in what could be day number 269 is rona in Hb3-6. Its glyph number is 806 which is like a reversed 608 (cfr tagata rere in *Qb5-34). Tagata rere glyphs were used to mark the end of seasons and irrespective of how to count days we can see that the rona glyphs above arrive afterwards.

Let us try also with the parallel P text:

Pb5-5 Pb5-6 Pb5-7 Pb5-8 Pb5-9 Pb5-10
Pb5-11 Pb5-12 (767) Pb5-13 Pb5-14 Pb5-15 Pb5-16

767 / 2 = 383½ probably indicates the 'bad day for the king' (kino ariki) implied in Roto Iri Are (where 13 * 29.5 = 383.5). Counting with 3 glyphs per day the central glyph in day 8 * 32 = 256 is rona in Pb5-12, and 3 * 256 = 768 = 400 + 368 = 4 * 192.

In summary:

  rona glyphs glyph numbers 2 glyphs per day 3 glyphs per day
Q *Qb5-35--36 609-610 610 / 2 + 64 = 368 + 1  
H Hb3-5--6 805-806   807 / 3 = 268 + 1
P Pb5-11--12 766-767 767 / 2 = 383½  

The P text avoids the structure of 68 + n * 100 + 1.