2. The end of the henua calendar occurs in line a7:
6 * 29½ = 177 and 6 * 30 = 180, half a year counted by Moon respectively by Sun. Enumerating the months Vanaga has Tua haro as the first month, which suggests we should rearrange our table accordingly: "The ancient names of the month were: Tua haro, Tehetu'upú, Tarahao, Vaitu nui, Vaitu poru [sic!], He Maro, He Anakena, Hora iti, Hora nui, Tagaroa uri, Ko Ruti, Ko Koró."
Counted from manu kake in Ga3-1 there are 4 months to the end of the henua calendar:
Presumably a new year is beginning with Tua haro and with tamaiti in Ga7-11, where 711 is the reversal of 117, the number of glyphs from Ga3-1 to Ga7-8:
The reversal (117 to 711) could possibly be interpreted as a sign that Ga7-8--10 are 'leap nights' in order to coordinate the beginning of the year according to Moon with the beginning of the year according to Sun. However, 7 * 15 = 355 (one more than 12 * 29½) which rather points at 7 such leap nights and the beginning of a new year with Ga7-15. When counting by Sun its 365 days could be divided asymmetrically in 184 + 181 days. In the sky rules Scorpio, with Ana-mua (Rehua) presumably announcing the arrival of summer:
We are forced to conclude that the beginning of summer could refer to Tua haro (January, 'July'), the 1st month beyond summer solstice. But day number 250 counted from autumn equinox brings us only to day number 266 + 250 - 365¼ = 150¾ counted from winter solstice. Rehua was probably a name for Jupiter on New Zealand:
Which idea agrees rather well with the location of the sign for Jupiter, below the head of Lion, where Leo is beginning:
However, the location of Jupiter is in the Babylonian zodiac not close to Scorpio, instead the meaning of Jupiter seems here to be connected with midsummer. The season of Sun is beginning at the tail of Goatfish with Mars (the strong young one) and ending with Jupiter (the old father) at the head of Lion. In the G text the glyph at day number 250 has ordinal number 16 in the line, a Jupiter number, and 7 is the mystic number of the earth's surface (cfr at 2 Sticks). The name Rehua is closely related in sound and meaning to 'ashes' (from the 'old fire'), (r)ehu. Land in ancient Sumer ended at its oldest city-state Eridu. The 'great fire' in the sky (Sun in spring) cannot go on forever, he must turn into ashes. On the other hand, Eridu is also where the sweet water flows of the Rain God are emptying themselvis into the ocean. I have earlier quoted cryptic notes pertaining to Eridu and the ocean from Hamlet's Mill (cfr at Pachamama): ... The Pythagoreans make Phaeton fall into Eridanus, burning part of its water, and glowing still at the time when the Argonauts passed by. Ovid stated that since the fall the Nile hides its sources. Rigveda 9.73.3 says that the Great Varuna has hidden the ocean. The Mahabharata tells in its own style why the 'heavenly Ganga' had to be brought down. At the end of the Golden Age (Krita Yuga) a class of Asura who had fought against the 'gods' hid themselves in the ocean where the gods could not reach them, and planned to overthrow the government. So the gods implored Agastya (Canopus, alpha Carinae = Eridu) for help. The great Rishi did as he was bidden, drank up the water of the ocean, and thus laid bare the enemies, who were then slain by the gods. But now, there was no ocean anymore! Implored by the gods to fill the sea again, the Holy One replied: 'That water in sooth hath been digested by me. Some other expedient, therefore, must be thought of by you, if ye desire to make endeavour to fill the ocean ... Canopus is located at right ascension 06h 21m, at day number 96.6, and very far down (52º 40' S):
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