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JULY 10	11	12 (193)	13	14 (*115)
Ga5-1	Ga5-2	Ga5-3	Ga5-4	Ga5-5 (115)
θ Crateris (175.0), υ Leonis (175.2), ω Virginis (175.3), ι Crateris (175.5)	ο Hydrae (176.1)	ζ Crateris, ξ Virginis  (177.0), λ Muscae (177.1), ν Virginis (177.2), μ Muscae (177.8)	Al Sarfah-10 / Uttara Phalguni-12 / Zibbat A.-16 (Tail of the Lion) / Shēpu-arkū sha-A-17 (Hind Leg of the Lion)	PHEKDA = γ Ursae Majoris, β Hydrae  (179.3), η Crateris (179.9) DENEB CYGNI (α Cygni)
			93 LEONIS (178.0), DENEBOLA = β Leonis (178.3), ALARAPH = β Virginis (178.6)
September 12	13	14 (*177)	15	16 (259)
°September 8	9 (*172)	10	11 (254)	12
'August 16	17 (229)	18 (*150)	19	20
"August 2 (214)	3	4 (*136)	5	6
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 9	10 (*295)	11	12	13 (378)
λ Piscium (358.0), MANUS CATENATA = ι Andromedae (358.1), ALRAI = γ Cephei, θ Phoenicis (358.4), κ Andromedae (358.7)	ω Aquarii (359.2), 78 Pegasi (359.5)	ψ Andromedae (360.1), σ Phoenicis (360.4)	γ¹ Oct. (361.4), φ Pegasi (361.7)	DZANEB = ω Piscium (362.4), γ² Oct. (362.8)
3-14	March 15	16 (*360)	17	18 (77)
°March 10	11 (*355)	12	13	3-14
'February 15	16 (*332)	17	18	19 (50)
"February 1	2 (*345)	3	4	5 (36)

  

JULY 15	16	17 (*118 = 4 * 29½)	18 (199)
Ga5-6	Ga5-7	Ga5-8 (118)	Ga5-9
no star listed (180)	π Virginis (181.0), θ Crucis (181.5)	12h (182.6)	ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9)
		ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5)
September 17 (260)	18 (*181)	19	20
°September 13	14 (*177)	15	16
'August 21	22	23	24 (236)
"August 7	8	9	10 (222)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 14	15 (380)	16 (*301)	17
η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32 Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4), ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9)	θ Oct. (364.4)	Al Fargh al Thāni-25	Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14
		0h (365.25)
		CAPH = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8)	ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8)
March 19 (78)	20	EQUINOX	22 (*366)
°March 15	16 (*360)	17	18 (77)
'February 20 (*336)	21	22 (53)	TERMINALIA
"February 6	7 (403)	8 (*324)	9 (40)

JULY 19 (200)	20 (*121)
Ga5-10 (120)	Ga5-11
PÁLIDA = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9)	Hasta-13 / Chariot-28
	GIENAH = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH = η Virginis (185.9)
September 21 (*184)	EQUINOX
°September 17 (*180)	18 (261)
'August 25 (*157)	26 (238)
"August 11 (*143)	12 (224)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 18	19 (384)
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)	σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7)
March 23 (82)	24 (*368)
°March 19 (78)	20 (*364)
'February 24 (55)	25 (*341)
"February 10 (41)	11 (*327)

JULY 21	7-22 (*123)	23	24	25 (206)
Ga5-12	Ga5-13 (123)	Ga5-14	Ga5-15	Ga5-16
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3)	INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)	γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7)	γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)	α MUSCAE (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7) ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)
September 23	24 (*187)	25 (268)	26	27
°September 19	20 (*183)	21 (264)	EQUINOX	23
'August 27	28 (240)	29 (*161)	30	31
"August 13	14 (*146)	15 (227)	16	17
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 20	21 (*306)	22	23 (388)	24
no star listed (4)	ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0) ALPHARD (α Hydrae)	λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)	ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7)	ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)
March 25 (84)	26	27	28 (*372)	29 (*8)
0h	°March 22	23	24 (*368)	25 (*4)
'February 26	27	28 (59)	'March 1	2 (*346)
"February 12	13 (*329)	14 (45)	15	16

JULY 26	27	28	29 (210)	30 (*131)
Ga5-17	Ga5-18 (128)	Ga5-19	Ga5-20	Ga5-21
Al Áwwā'-11 / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur?)	ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9)	no star listed (193)	κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), ALIOTH = ε Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8)	MINELAUVA = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3)
Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)
September 28	29 (*192)	30 (273)	October 1	2
°September 24	25 (*188)	26	27 (270)	28
'September 1	2 (*165)	3	4	5 (248)
"August 18 (*150)	19 (231)	Hora Iti 20	21	22
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 25	26	27 (392)	28	29 (*314)
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), DENEB KAITOS = β Ceti, η Phoenicis (9.4), AL NITHĀM = φ¹ Ceti (9.6)	ACHIRD = η Cassiopeiae (10.7)	Legs-15	CIH = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8)	φ4 Ceti (13.2)
		ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4)
March 30	31 (*375)	April 1 (91)	2	3
°March 26	27	28 (*372)	29 (88)	30
'March 3	4	5 (64)	6 (*350)	7
"February 17	18	19 (50)	20 (*336)	21

... In 1865 Kamakau recorded the Instructions in Ancient Hawaiian Astronomy as Taught by Kaneakahowaha, Astronomer, Seer, and Counselor of the Court of King Kamehameha I from which the following extract was taken: Take the lower part of a gourd or hula drum, rounded as a wheel (globe), on which several lines are to be marked and burned in, as described hereafter. These lines are called na alanui o na hoku hookele, the highways of the navigation stars, which stars are also called na hoku ai-aina, the stars which rule the land. Stars lying outside these three lines are called na hoku a ka lewa, foreign, strange, or outside stars.

The first line is drawn from Hoku-paa, the fixed or North Star, to the most southerly star of Newe, the Southern Cross. (This hour circle coincides with the meridian on an evening in June, when it would divide the visible sky into halves.) The portion (of the sky) to the right or east of this line (the observer is evidently assumed to be facing north) is called ke ala ula a Kane, the dawning or bright road of Kane, and that to the left or west is called ke alanui maawe ula a Kanaloa, the much-traveled highway of Kanaloa. (Kane and Kanaloa were important gods in the Polynesian pantheon, Kane being associated with light, Kanaloa with darkness.) Then three lines are drawn east and west, one across the northern section indicates the northern limit of the Sun (corresponding with the Tropic of Cancer) about the 15th and 16th days of the month Kaulua (i.e., the 21st or 22nd of June) and is called ke alanui polohiwa a Kane, the black-shining road of Kane. The line across the southern section indicates the southern limit of the Sun about the 15th or 16th days of the month Hilinama (December 22) and is called ke alanui polohiwa a Kanaloa, the black-shining road of Kanaloa. The line exactly around the middle of the sphere is called ke alanui a ke ku'uku'u, the road of the spider, and also ke alanui i ka Piko a Wakea, the way to the navel of Wakea (the Sky-father). Between these lines are the fixed stars of the various lands, na hokupaa a ka aina. (These are the stars which hang suspended in the zeniths of the Polynesian islands most of which lie within the tropics.) On the sides are the stars by which one navigates ...

JULY 31	AUGUST 1	2 (214)	3	4 (*136)	5	6
Ga5-22	Ga5-23	Ga5-24	Ga5-25 (135)	Ga5-26	Ga5-27	Ga5-28
δ Muscae (196.5) , VINDEMIATRIX = ε Virginis (196.8)	13h (197.8)	APAMI-ATSA = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9)	AL DAFĪRAH = β Com. Ber. (199.4)	σ Virginis (200.4)	γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4)	Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1 / Sa-Sha-Shirū-20 (Virgin's Girdle) / ANA-ROTO-3 (Middle pillar)
	ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)					MIZAR = ζ Ursae Majoris (202.4), SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR = 80 Ursae Majoris (202.7) SADALMELIK (α Aquarii)
October 3	4	5	6	7 (*200)	8	9 (282)
°September 30	°October 1	2	3 (275)	4 (*196)	5	6
'September 6	7 (250)	8	9	10	11	12 (*175)
"August 23	24 (236)	25	Hora Iti 26	27	28	Hora Iti 29
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JANUARY 30	31	FEBRUARY 1	2	3	4 (400)	5 (36)
no star listed (14)	1h (15.2)	Al Batn Al Hūt-26 / Revati-28 / 1-iku	ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6)	no star listed (18)	ADHIL = ξ Andromedae (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7)	KSORA = δ Cassiopeiae (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
	β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)	MIRACH = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI = ζ Piscium (16.9) REGULUS (α Leonis)
April 4	5 (460)	6	7	8	9 (*384)	10 (100)
°March 31	°April 1 (91)	2	3	4	5	6 (*16)
'March 8	9	10 (*354)	11	12	13 (72)	3-14
"February 22 (53)	TERMINALIA	24 (*340)	25	26	27	28

AUGUST 7 (219)	8 (*140)
Ga5-29	Ga5-30
71 VIRGINIS (203.6)	no star listed (204)
October 10	11 (284)
°October 6	7 (280)
'September 13 (256)	14 (*177)
"August 30 (242)	31 (*163)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
FEBRUARY 6 (*322)	7 (403)
δ Phoenicis (21.5)	υ Andromedae (22.9)
April 11 (101)	12 (*387)
°April 7 (97)	8 (*383)
'March 15 (74)	16 (*360)
"March 1 (60)	2 (*346)

... Up to the present time, fertility spells for fowls have played an important role. Especially effective were the so-called 'chicken skulls' (puoko moa) - that is, the skulls of dead chiefs, often marked by incisions, that were considered a source of mana. Their task is explained as follows: 'The skulls of the chiefs are for the chicken, so that thousands may be born' (te puoko ariki mo te moa, mo topa o te piere) ...As long as the source of mana is kept in the house, the hens are impregnated (he rei te moa i te uha), they lay eggs (he ne'ine'i te uha i te mamari), and the chicks are hatched (he topa te maanga). After a period of time, the beneficial skull has to be removed, because otherwise the hens become exhausted from laying eggs ...