7. We can leave the question of how to find the stars in the texts. We can use right ascension days. The differences between the RA days for the stars and the differences between their midnight culminations are not significant enough.
But it is necessary for us to make a leap across the odd 'July 13, the day of Castor's ghost, in order to secure also the ground on the other side, and I think π Virginis should be a good place to land:
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11 |
 |
44 |
 |
66 |
| Gb8-23 |
Ga1-4 (5) |
Ga2-19 (50) |
| Maia, Asterope, Merope (55.6), Alcyone (56.1), Pleione, Atlas (56.3) |
|
Aldebaran (68.2) |
|
Castor (113.4) |
|
| 'May 16 (136) |
11 |
'May 28 (148) |
44 |
'July 12 (193) |
66 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga5-6 (*180) |
Ga5-7 (118) |
Ga5-8 |
Ga5-9 |
| η Crateris (179.9) |
π Virginis (181.0) |
ο Virginis (182.1) |
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1) |
| 'September 17 (260) |
'18 |
'19 |
'12h (182.6) |
In K we
cannot
go so
far back
in time
as to
Atlas.
Instead
let us
move
in the
other
direction,
forward
in time
from
Castor
and his
ghost.
Pollux,
not
Castor,
seems to
be at glyph
50:
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 |
 |
 |
| Ka3-5 (46) |
Ka3-6 |
Ka3-7 (*114) |
Ka3-8 |
Ka3-9 (50) |
| Gomeisa (111.6), ρ Gemini (112.1) |
Castor (113.4) |
|
Markab (114.7), Procyon (114.9) |
σ Gemini (115.7), Pollux (116.2) |
| 'July 11 |
'12 (193) |
'13 |
'14 |
'15 |
| 62 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Kb2-1 |
Kb2-2 (*180) |
Kb2-3 |
Kb2-4 (116) |
| |
Alaraph (178.6), Phekda, β Hydrae (179.3) |
η Crateris (179.9) |
π Virginis (181.0) |
ο Virginis (182.1) |
| 62 |
'September 16 |
'17 (260) |
'18 |
'19 |
| 62 |
 |
 |
 |
| *Kb5-18 |
*Kb5-19 (180) |
*Kb5-20 |
| |
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8), χ Scorpii (245.1) |
Yed Prior (245.5) |
Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). ο Scorpii (246.8), σ Scorpii (247.0), Hejian (247.2) |
| 62 |
'November 21 |
'22 (326) |
'23 |
This
is
the
end
of
the
K
text,
and it
does
not
seem
to quite
reach
Antares
('November
25).
From
the
descending
kahi
to
the
last
glyph
there
are
181
- 45
=
136
days.
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