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According to Manuscript E (E:86) the Explorers - with the exception of Makoi who stayed behind - left Easter Island in Tangaroa Uri 25:

SEPTEMBER 20 21 (*184) EQUINOX 23 24 25 (268)
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 (184) Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
Heart-5

σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18 / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
November 23 (327) 24 25 26 (*250) 27 28
°November 19 20 (324) 21 22 (*246) 23 24
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1
"October 13 14 Tangaroa Uri 15 16 17 (290) 18 (*211)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MARCH 22 23 24 (*368) EQUINOX 26 (85) 27
Net-19

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)

no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)

no star listed (69) no star listed (70)
May 25 (*65) 26 27 (*432) 28 (513) 29 30 (150)
°May 21 22 23 (*428) 24 25 26 (146)
'April 28 (*403) 29 30 (*40) 'May 1 2 3 (123)
"April 14 (104) 15 16 (*26) 17 (*392) 18 (473) 19
SEPTEMBER 26 27 (270) 28 29 30 (*193)
Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 Ga7-23 (192) Ga7-24
ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9) Tail-6

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)

ι Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS = ζ Scorpii (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM = ε Herculi (256.9) no star listed (257)
November 29 30 (*254) December 1 2 (336) 3
°November 25 26 (*250) 27 28 (332) 29
'November 2 3 (*227) 4 5 6 (310)
"October 19 20 21 22 (295) 23 (*216)
OCTOBER 1 2 3   4 (277) 5 6 (*199)
Ga7-25 Ga7-26 Ga7-27 Ga7-28 Ga7-29 Ga7-30 (199)
17h (258.7)

ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7)

Mula-19

SABIK = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)

NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8) SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)

ALRISHA (α Piscium)

ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6)
December 4 5 6 (*260) 7 8 (342) 9
°November 30 °December 1 2 (*256) 3 (337) 4 5
'November 7 8 9 10 (314) 11 12 (*236)
"October 24 Tangaroa Uri 25 26 27 (300) 28 29 (*222)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
APRIL 2 3 ('378) 4   5 (460) 6 (*16) 7
5h (76.1)

ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)

μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)
 ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)

THUBAN (α Draconis)

λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)

ARCTURUS (α Bootis)

Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu-5 (Star in the Bull towards the north)

σ Aurigae (80.4), BELLATRIX = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH = β Tauri (80.9)

ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL = β Leporis (81.7)
June 5 6 7 (*78) 8 9 10 (161)
°June 1 2 (*73) 3 4 5 6 (157)
'May 9 (*414) 10 11 12 (132) 13 14 (*54)
"April 25 (*400) 26 27 28 (118) 29 30 (*40)
Ga1-12 Ga1-13 Ga1-14 Ga1-15 Ga1-16 Ga1-17

They left their old homeland in Vaitu Nui 25 ("April 25) and half a year later they left Easter Island in Tangaroa Uri 25 ("October 25) in order to return home:

Vaitu Nui 25 182 Tangaroa Uri 25
"April 25 (115) "October 25 (298)
APRIL 2 ('377 = 13 * 29) OCTOBER 2 (*560 = 7 * 80)
Ga1-12 (377 - 12 = 365) Ga7-26 (195 = 560 - 365)

... The ordinary year in the previous Roman calendar consisted of 12 months, for a total of 355 days. In addition, a 27-day intercalary month, the Mensis Intercalaris, was sometimes inserted between February and March. This intercalary month was formed by inserting 22 days after the first 23 or 24 days of February; the last five days of February, which counted down toward the start of March, became the last five days of Intercalaris. The net effect was to add 22 or 23 days to the year, forming an intercalary year of 377 or 378 days ...

They had left Maori in Hiva when the Sun reached Cursa at the end of the Eridanus River:

And they had left Easter Island when the same place was at the Full Moon.

There was a correspondence between the constellation of Orion and Easter Island - they were both located below the other 'lands':

The planets (the Explorers) followed the ecliptic path of the Sun, but at 6h and at the time of rongorongo this path went above Orion and through Auriga:

Sirrah (α Andromedae) 40 Bharani (41 Arietis) 40 Mintaka (δ Orionis)
March 21 (80) May 1 (121) June 11 (162)
APRIL 5 6 (96) 7
Ga1-15 Ga1-16 (260 = 17 + 1 + 242)
λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)

ARCTURUS (α Bootis)

Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu-5 (Star in the Bull towards the north)

σ Aurigae (80.4), BELLATRIX = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH = β Tauri (80.9)

ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL = β Leporis (81.7)

June 8 9 (160) 10 (*81 = *264 - 183)
°June 4 5 (156) 6 (*77 = *260 - 183)
'May 12 13 14 (*54)
"April 28 29 30 (*40)
APRIL 8 9 (464) 10 (*20) 11 (101)
Ga1-18 (242 + 1 + 18) Ga1-19 (11 * 9 = 99) Ga1-20 (264 = 21 + 1 + 242)
KHUFU KHAFRE MENKAURE ο Aurigae (85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)

YANG MUN (α Lupi)

MINTAKA (Belt) = δ Orionis, υ Orionis (82.4), χ Aurigae (82.5), ε Columbae (82.6) Al Hak'ah-3 / Mrigashīrsha-5 / Turtle-20 / Mas-tab-ba-tur-tur (Little Twins)

ARNEB = α Leporis, Crab Nebula = M1 Tauri (83.0, φ¹ Orionis (83.1), HEKA = λ Orionis, Orion Nebula = M42 (83.2), φ² Orionis (83.6), ALNILAM (String of Pearls) = ε Orionis (83.7)

Three Stars-21 / Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū-6 (Star in the Bull towards the south) / ANA-IVA-9 (Pillar of Exit)

HEAVENLY GATE = ζ Tauri, ν Columbae (84.0), ω Orionis (84.2),  ALNITAK (Girdle) = ζ Orionis, PHAKT (Phaet) = α Columbae (84.7)

June 11 12 13 (*84) 14
°June 7 8 9 (170) 10
'May 15 (500) 16 (136) 17 18
"May 1 (121) 2 3 (*408) 4 (*54)
APRIL 12 13 14 (104) 15 16 (*26)
Ga1-22 Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25 Ga1-26
 μ Columbae, SAIPH (Sword) = κ Orionis (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6) υ Aurigae (87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), WEZN (Weight) = β Columbae, δ Leporis (87.7), TZE (Son) = λ Columbae (87.9) Ardra-6 / ANA-VARU-8 (Pillar to sit by)

χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae (88.1), BETELGEUZE = α Orionis (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (α Librae)

η Leporis (89.0), PRAJA-PĀTI = δ Aurigae, MENKALINAN = β Aurigae, MAHASHIM = θ Aurigae, and γ Columbae (89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7) μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5)
June 15 16 17 (168) 18 19
°June 11 12 13 (164) 14 15 (*86)
'May 19 20 (140) 21 22 23 (*63)
"May 5 6 7 (127) 8 (*413) 9 (*49)

... In view of the almost universal prevalence of the Pleiades year throughout the Polynesian area it is surprising to find that in the South Island and certain parts of the North Island of New Zealand and in the neighboring Chatham Islands, the year began with the new Moon after the early morning rising, not of the Pleiades, but of the star Rigel in Orion ...

Such a Rigel year could have begun at Cursa, in "April 25 (*400), because this was where the Chorti diviners seem to have begun their ceremonies for raising the sky:

... 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 ...