Furthermore, it would be natural to let day number 12 * 29½ = 354 be a day of Sun. And half 354 = day number 177 would suit Mars, the powerful 'spring face' of Sun. We can identify an ihe tau sign inside henua ora in Ga7-7, presumably a sign of how 'the front side of Sun' is 'dying' here, after first having been being struck by a 'fin' of Pawahtun and then carried down into the cave of the Underworld:
... the West Building, with 7 exterior doorways (7 is the mystic number of the earth's surface), and figures of Pawahtun - the earth god as a turtle - indicate this to be the Middleworld, the place of the sun's descent into the Underworld ...
... No sooner had he pushed her up and lifted her completely off the ground when she struck Kuukuu with one fin. She struck downward and broke Kuukuu's spine. The turtle got up, went back into the (sea) water, and swam away. All the kinsmen spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did not prevail against the turtle!' They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in the cave and let him rest there ...
| 1 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-1 (61) |
Ga3-2 |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
Ga3-5 |
| 2 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-6 (66) |
Ga3-7 |
Ga3-8 |
Ga3-9 |
| 3 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-10 (70) |
Ga3-11 |
Ga3-12 |
Ga3-13 |
Ga3-14 |
Ga3-15 |
Ga3-16 |
Furthermore, the following 3 periods are beginning with glyph number 17 in the line and 31 * 7 = 217 or one more than 6 * 6 * 6:
| 4 |
 |
 |
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| Ga3-17 (77) |
Ga3-18 |
Ga3-19 |
| 5 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-20 (80) |
Ga3-21 |
| 6 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-22 (82) |
Ga3-23 |
Ga3-24 |
Possibly the first 3 periods refer to the last phase of the old Sun and the next 3 periods to the beginning of a new 'fire', for instance thus:
|
93 |
 |
53 |
35 |
 |
| Ga3-23 (83) |
Ga7-7 (177) |
Gb2-10 (266) |
| 266 - 83 = 183 = 94 + 89 |
94 days was to be added north of the equator and 89 south of the equator in order to count from summer solstice to autumn equinox. Possibly it could have been the reason for locating mago in Ga3-23 at day number 83:
|
93 |
|
53 |
35 |
|
| Ga3-23 (83) |
Ga7-7 (177) |
Gb2-10 (266) |
| 94 (north) |
89 (south) |
94 could of course also refer to the distance south of the equator from winter solstice to spring equinox, but then it would not be so easy to explain why immediately afterwards there would follow 89 days equal to the distance from summer solstice to autumn equinox. We cannot escape moving across the equator, it seems, and 89 days could then alternatively be possible to explain as the distance north of the equator from winter solstice to spring equinox.
Possibly we should in our minds disregard those 94 glyphs which apparently will not fit south of the equator. 472 - 94 = 378 (54 weeks), and we could then subtract e.g.190 days for the front side of the year in order to reach 89 + 99 = 188 days for the back side of the year:
| 53 |
35 |
|
| Gb2-10 (266) |
| 89 (south) |
| 99 (south) |
Hanga Te Pau (?) |
106 |
70 |
 |
| Gb5-12 (366) |
| 6 * 29½ = 177 |
It would, however, be a 'crooked' calendar, because south of the equator summer (the front side) is shorter than winter (the back side). We can 'straighten the timbers' by changing 190 to 177, in which case we will have 177 + 188 = 365 days for a year. 472 - 365 - 94 = 13.
On the other hand, the front side of the year could begin already with the powerfully drawn Gb8-16:
 |
14 |
176 |
|
278 |
 |
 |
| Gb8-16 |
Ga7-7 (177) |
Gb8-14 (456) |
Gb8-15 |
| 192 |
280 |
Hands in both directions instead of a proper head in the preceding tagata evidently confirms the end of a great season, and these hands are reversed kai hands - therefore they should indicate absence of light.
