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APRIL 17 (107) 18 19 20 (*30) 21
Ga1-27 Ga1-28 Ga1-29 Ga1-30 Ga2-1
6h (91.3)

ν Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6)

ξ Orionis (92.5) Al Han'ah-4 / Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-7 (Front of the Mouth of the Twins)

 TEJAT PRIOR = η Gemini (93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8)

 FURUD = ζ Canis Majoris (94.9) Well-22 / Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-8 (Back of the Mouth of the Twins)

δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR = μ Gemini, MIRZAM = β Canis Majoris (95.4), CANOPUS = α Carinae (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)

June 20 SOLSTICE 22 (*93) 23 (174) ST JOHN'S DAY
°June 16 17 (168) 18 19 20 (*91)
'May 24 (144) 25 26 27 28 (*68)
"May 10 (130) 11 12 13 14 (*54)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCTOBER 17 (290) 18 19 20 21 (*214)
ZHŌNGSHĀN = ο Herculis (274.0), π Pavonis (274.6) ι Pavonis (275.1), POLIS = μ Sagittarii (275.9)

MENKAR (α Ceti)

η Sagittarii (276.9) Purva Ashadha-20
KAUS MEDIUS = δ Sagittarii, κ Lyrae (277.5), TUNG HAE (Heavenly Eastern Sea) = η Serpentis (277.7), SHAOU PIH (Minor Minister) = φ Draconis (277.8), KWEI SHE = χ Draconis (277.9) φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS = ε Sagittarii (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), AL  ATHFAR = μ Lyrae (278.6)
December 20 SOLSTICE 22 23 (357) CHRISTMAS EVE
°December 16 17 18 19 (*273) 20 (354)
'November 23 (327) 24 25 26 (*250) 27
"November 9 10 (314) 11 12 (*236) 13

    

APRIL 22 23 24 25 (*35) 26 27 28 (118)
Ga2-2 Ga2-3 Ga2-4 Ga2-5 (35) Ga2-6 Ga2-7 Ga2-8
no star listed (96) β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0) no star listed (98) ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

GEMMA (α Cor. Bor.)

ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), MEBSUTA = ε Gemini (100.7) SIRIUS = α Canis Majoris (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7) τ PUPPIS (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4)
June 25 26 27 28 29 (180) SIRIUS July 1
SOLSTICE °June 22 23 ST JOHN'S DAY 25 (*96) 26 (177) 27
'May 29 30 (150) 31 'June 1 2 3 4 (*75)
"May 15 (500) 16 (136) 17 18 19 20 21 (*61)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCTOBER 22 23 24 25 (*218) 26 27 (300) 28
KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii (279.3) ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9) Abhijit-22

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)

no star listed (282) ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8) South Dipper-8

Φ Sagittarii (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)

SHELIAK = β Lyrae, ν Lyrae (285.1), ο Draconis (285.5). λ Pavonis (285.7)

ATLAS (27 Tauri)

December 25 26 27 28 29 30 (364) 31
SOLSTICE °December 22 23 (*277) CHRISTMAS EVE 25 26 (360) 27
'November 28 29 30 (*254) 'December 1 2 (336) 3 4
"November 14 15 16 17 18 (*242) 19 20 (324)

... The Sothic cycle was based on what is referred to in technical jargon as 'the periodic return of the heliacal rising of Sirius', which is the first appearance of this star after a seasonal absence, rising at dawn just ahead of the sun in the eastern portion of the sky. In the case of Sirius the interval between one such rising and the next amounts to exactly 365.25 days - a mathematically harmonious figure, uncomplicated by further decimal points, which is just twelve minutes longer than the duration of the solar year ...

APRIL 29 30 MAY 1 (*41) 2 (122)
Ga2-9 Ga2-10 Ga2-11 Ga2-12 (42)
Mash-mashu-sha-Risū-9 (Twins of the Shepherd ?)

θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), ALHENA = γ Gemini (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9)

ADARA = ε Canis Majoris (104.8) ω Gemini (105.4), ALZIRR = ξ Gemini (105.7), MULIPHEIN = γ Canis Majoris (105.8), MEKBUDA = ζ Gemini (105.9) 7h (106.5)

no star listed (106)

July 2 (*104 = 8 * 13) 4 (185) 5
ºJune 28 29 (*100) SIRIUS ºJuly 1 (182)
'June 5 6 (157) 7 (*78) 8
"May 22 23 24 (144) 25 (*65)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCTOBER 29 30 (303) 31 (*224) NOVEMBER 1
χ Oct. (286.0), AIN AL RAMI = ν Sagittarii (286.2), υ Draconis (286.4), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), ALYA = θ Serpentis (286.6) ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., SULAPHAT = γ Lyrae (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), ASCELLA = ζ Sagittarii, BERED = i Aquilae (Ant.) (287.9)  Al Na'ām-18 / Uttara Ashadha-21

NUNKI = σ Sagittarii (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), MANUBRIUM = ο Sagittarii (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9)

19h (289.2)

λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)

January 1 2 3 (368) 4
°December 28 29 30 (364) 31
'December 5 6 (340) 7 (*261) 8
"November 21 22 23 (327) 24 (*248)

... This [σ Sagittarii] has been identified with Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos designated as Water ...

MAY 3 4 5 6 (*46) 7 (127)
Ga2-13 Ga2-14 Ga2-15 (45) Ga2-16 Ga2-17
WEZEN (Weight) = δ Canis Majoris (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) no star listed (108) λ Gemini (109.4), WASAT (Middle) = δ Gemini (109.8) no star listed (110) ALUDRA (Virgin) = η Canis Majoris (111.1), PROPUS = ι Gemini (111.4),  GOMEISA = β Canis Minoris (111.6)
July 6 7 (188) 8 9 10
°July 2 3 (184) 4 5 6 (*107)
'June 9 10 (161) 11 12 13 (*84)
"May 26 27 28 (148) 29 30 (*70)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
NOVEMBER 2 3 4 5 (*229) 6 (310)
Al Baldah-19

AL BALDAH = π Sagittarii, ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr. (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)

ALADFAR = η Lyrae (291.1), NODUS II = δ Draconis (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ Draconis (291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) π Draconis, ARKAB PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii (293.0), ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii, ALRAMI = α Sagittarii (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6) DENEB OKAB = δ Aquilae (Ant.) (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9)
January 5 (*290) 6 7 (372) 8 9
°January 1 2 3 (368) 4 5 (*290)
'December 9 10 (*264) 11 (345) 12 LUCIA
"November 25 26 (*250) 27 28 (360) 29

MAY 8 9 10 (130) 11 12 13 (*53)
"MARCH 8 9 (68) 10 11 12 13
Ga2-18 Ga2-19 Ga2-20 (50) Ga2-21 Ga2-22 Ga2-23
Ghost-23 (?)

ρ Gemini (?) (112.1), Eskimo Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini (112.2)

ANTARES (α Scorpii)

Al Dhirā'-5 / Punarvasu-7 / Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One of the Twins)

CASTOR = α Gemini (113.4)

ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA-7 (Pillar for elocution)

υ Gemini (114.0), MARKAB PUPPIS = κ Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON = α Canis Minoris (114.9)

α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) Mash-mashu-arkū-11 (Eastern One of the Twins)

κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX = β Gemini (116.2), π Gemini (116.9)

AZMIDISKE = ξ Puppis (117.4)
July 11 12 (193) 13 (*114) 14 15 16
°July 7 8 9 10 11 (*112) 12 (193)
'June 14 15 16 17 (168) 18 19 (*90)
"May 31 Maro 1 (*72)

(E:17)

2 3 (154) 4 5
NAKSHATRA DATES:
NOVEMBER 7 8 9 10 (314) 11 12 (*236)
"SEPTEMBER 7 8 9 10 11 (254) 12 (*175)
ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), ALBIREO = β Cygni (295.5) ALSAFI = σ Draconis (296.0), μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9) ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), SHAM = α Sagittae (297.8) β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) υ Aquilae (299.1), TARAZED = γ Aquilae (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) Sravana-23

TYL = ε Draconis (300.0), ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR = α Aquilae (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), BEZEK = η Aquilae (Ant.) (300.8)

January 10 11 12 13 (378) 14 15 (*300)
°January 6 7 (372) 8 9 10 (*295) 11
'December 14 15 16 (350) 17 18 19 (*273)
"November 30 "December 1 2 (336) 3 4 5 (*259)

 

MAY 14 15 16 (136) 17 18 (*58) 19
Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 Ga2-27 (57) Ga2-28 Ga2-29
φ Gemini (118.4) DRUS = χ Carinae (119.9) ω Cancri (120.2) 8h (121.7)

χ Gemini (121.0), NAOS = ζ Puppis (121.3)

ρ Puppis (122.0), HEAP OF FUEL = μ Cancri (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3),  ψ Cancri (122.6), REGOR = γ Velorum (122.7) TEGMINE = ζ Cancri (123.3)
July 17 18 19 (200) 20 (*121) 21 22 / 7
°July 13 14 15 (196) 16 17 (*118) 18
'June 20 SOLSTICE 22 (173) 23 ST JOHN'S DAY 25 (*96)
"June 6 7 8 9 (160) Maro 10 11
NAKSHATRA DATES:
NOVEMBER 13 14 15 16 (*240) 17 18 (322)
ι Sagittarii (301.2), TEREBELLUM = ω Sagittarii, ξ Aquilae (301.3), ALSHAIN = β Aquilae (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) τ Aquilae (303.8) 20h (304.4)

η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)

SHANG WEI (Higher Guard) = κ Cephei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), TSEEN FOO (Heavenly Raft)  = θ Aquilae (Ant.) (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) TSO KE (Left Flag) = ρ Aquilae (306.3)
January 16 17 18 (383) 19 20 21
°January 12 13 (378) 14 15 (*300) 16 17
'Dec 20 (354) SOLSTICE 22 23 CHRISTMAS EVE 25 (*279)
"Dec 6 (340) 7 8 9 10 11 (*265)