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To continue with the C text in order to look for the days when the Chorti diviners began their sky raising ceremonies:

.. Later on in this series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains arrive. In this ceremony two diviners and their wives sit on benches so that they occupy the corner positions of the cosmic square. They take their seats in the same order as the stones were placed, with the men on the eastern side and the women on the west. The ritual actions of sitting down and lifting upward are done with great precision and care, because they are directly related to the actions done by the gods at Creation. The people represent the gods of the four corners and the clouds that cover the earth. As they rise from their seats, they metaphorically lift the sky. If their lifting motion is uneven, the rains will be irregular and harmful ...

APRIL 25 (115) ought to be 115 - 40 (FEBRURY 9) = 75 glyphs later than *Ca14-23, i.e. at glyph number 386 + 75 = 461 = 392 + 69:

FEBRUARY 8 9 (40) 10 11
*Ca14-22 *Ca14-23 *Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 (388)
te honu kua heheu te henua te honu kau
April 10 11 (101) 12 13
ACHERNAR *24

*207

BENETNASH POLARIS
October 10 11 (284) 12 13
AUGUST 10 11 12 (224) 13
FEBRUARY 12 (408) 13   2-14 15 (46)
*Ca14-26 (26 + 364) *Ca14-28 *Ca14-29 (392)
manu kake rua te henua te honu te rima
April 14 (104) 15 16 17 (107)
SHERATAN *28

*211

ALRISHA

THUBAN

HAMAL
October 14 15 (288) 16 17 (290)
AUGUST 14 15 (227) 16 17 (229)

Glyph line Cb1 carries 24 glyphs, but possibly we have to divide them into 11 + 13, because there was a very special week beyond glyph number 396 (which we should avoid here in order to return to it later). Furthermore, counting from *Ca14-28 there will be 13 + 13 = 26 glyphs to the beginning of line Cb2. 390 (= 30 * 13) + 26 = 32 * 13 (= 416).

FEBRUARY 16 17 (413) 18 (*33 + 80 - 64) 19 (50) 7
Cb1-1 Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396)
E tupu - ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro
κ VIRGINIS (*214) ARCTURUS MIRA (*33)  
AUGUST 18 19 20 (*216 + 80 - 64) 21 (233)
11
FEBRUARY 27 28 (424) MARCH 1 (60)
Cb1-12 (404) Cb1-13 Cb1-14
manu rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi eaha te nuku erua koia kua huki
TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4) ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9)

DENEBOLA (β Leonis)

MENKAR (Nose) = α Ceti (44.7)
AUGUST 29 30 (242) 31
KOCHAB = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7) KE KWAN (Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi (226.3), KE KWAN = κ Centauri (226.4), ZUBEN ELAKRIBI = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9)
ω Bootis (227.2), NEKKAR = β Bootis (227.3), σ Librae (227.5), π² Oct. (227.7),
NADLAT = ψ Bootis (227.8), π Lupi (227.9)
*42 DENEBOLA MENKAR (*44)

*227

MARCH 2 (61) 3 4 (428 = 2 * 214)
Cb1-15 Cb1-16 (408) Cb1-17
e niu tu ki te ariki - e ka hua ra tona rima koia kua iri i ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea
3h (45.7)

GORGONEA TERTIA = ρ Persei (45.1), ALGOL (Demon's Head) = β Persei (45.9)

ι Persei (46.1), MISAM = κ Persei (46.2), GORGONEA QUARTA = ω Persei (46.7), BOTEIN (Belly Pair) = δ Arietis (46.9) ζ Arietis (47.7)
SEPTEMBER 1 2 3 (246)
15h (228.3)

ZUBEN HAKRABIM = ν Librae (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9)

ω Oct. (229.3), ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8) Al Zubānā-14b

χ Bootis (230.3), PRINCEPS = δ Bootis (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI = β Librae (230.8)

ALGOL (*45) BOTEIN  
MARCH 5 (64) 6 (430) 7
Cb1-18 Cb1-19 Cb1-20
manu moe ra ki to mata e nuku mata
ZIBAL = ζ Eridani (48.0), κ Ceti (48.9) τ Arietis (49.7) ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

GIENAH (γ Corvi)

SEPTEMBER 4 5 (248) 6
μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3), ο Librae (231.8) ο Cor. Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ² Lupi (232.5), PHERKAD = γ Ursae Min. (232.6), ε Librae (232.7), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9) ALKALUROPS = μ Bootis (233.1), ED ASICH = ι Draconis (233.2)
ZIBAL (*48) *232        ALGENIB PERSEI         GIENAH
MARCH 8 (432) 9 10 11 (70)
Cb1-21 (413 = 14 * 29½) Cb1-22 Cb1-23 Cb1-24
hoea ko te rima kua oo ki te vai ma te ua
σ Persei (51.6) no star listed (52) ψ Persei (53.1)

ACRUX (α CRUCIS)

δ Persei (54.7)
SEPTEMBER 7 (250) 8 9 10
NUSAKAN = β Cor. Bor. (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9) θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9)

SIRRAH (α Andromedae)

φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9) κ Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η Librae (237.7),  COR SERPENTIS = α Serpentis (237.9)
  *52

SIRRAH

ACRUX

*236 = 8 * 29½

*54

COR SERPENTIS

I guess there is a little navel string still hanging loose in front in Cb1-18 (where 118 = 4 * 29½). The short beak can be contrasted with the very long beak at the dwarf (noi):

DECEMBER 31 63 MARCH 5 (64)
Ca13-3 (346) Cb1-18 (410)
e kua noi manu moe ra

"Between it [Achernar] and Fomalhaut lie many small stars, not mentioned by Ptolemy, that Hyde said were Al Zibāl; but Al Sufi had already called them Al Ri'āl, the Little Ostriches." (Allen)