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6. The henua calendar in G has 31 periods, and the last of them could be in a time beyond the reach of Sun:

Achernar	α Eridani	57º 29' S	01h 36m	24.3	432.3
215.3 days
Vrischika	π Scorpii	26º 07' S	15h 56m	239.6	175.6
Dschubba	δ Scorpii	22º 29' S	15h 57m	242.7	178.7
Acrab	β Scorpii	19º 40' S	16h 03m	244.3	180.3
Lesath	ν Scorpii	19º 20' S	16h 09m	245.8	181.8
etc
Antares	α Scorpii	26º 19' S	16h 26m	250.1	186.1

beginning of Scorpion (?)
31st period:
	Ga7-5 (*239)	Ga7-6	Ga7-7 (177)	Ga7-8	Ga7-9	Ga7-10 (180)

Ga7-11 (*245)	Ga7-12	Ga7-13	Ga7-14 (184)	Ga7-15

Ga7-16 (*250)	Ga7-17

The name Vrischika made me guess on an origin in India. By searching in Wikipedia I could indeed find the name to be a probable corruption of Vrishchika, the name of the 8th solar month in the Hindu calendar:

According to this system, with 6 double-months, Vrishchika indicates the Scorpion.

Allen:

"Early India knew it [Scorpius] as Āli, Viçrika, or Vrouchicam, - in Tamil, Vrishaman; but later on Varāha Mihira said Kaurpya, and Al Birūni, Kaurba, both from the Greek Scorpios. On the Cingalese zodiac it was Ussika."

"Taurus was the Cingalese Urusaba, the early Hindu Vrisha, Vrishan, or Vrouchabam, - in the Tamil tongue, Rishabam; but subsequently Varāha Mihira gave it as Taouri, his rendering of Taurus, and Al Birūni, in his India, as Tāmbiru."

The connection between Taurus in spring and Scorpius in autumn probably accounts for the similarity in names between Vrishabha and Vrishchika. Presumably it also accounts for the similarity between the figures in Ga1-4 and in Ga7-16: