8. The number of days from Castor to the end of the K text could thus be 181 - 46 = 135:
This is similar to those 135 days which have to be passed beyond 'January 1 to reach the heliacal rising of Atlas. Counting from Polaris in Gb4-8 there are 80 days - equal to the number of days from 'January 1 to 'March 21 - to Rogo in Gb6-26, and then there are a further 8 weeks to Atlas:
80 + 56 = 136. The descending kahi is apparently in day 192 counted from 'January 1 and 192 + 135 = 327 (= 'November 23). The end of the K text seems to be in 'November 23 and therefore the position of Castor ought to be somewhat similar to being in 'December 31:
The pair of 'missing' glyphs evidently could correspond to Ga7-15--16:
250 days from 'March 21 - the day after Antares had risen heliacally - could on Easter Island have been regarded as the time when summer began. It was day 137 days after the heliacal rising of Castor:
Notably the glyph number at Polaris (in Gb4-8) is 329 (= 365 - 36). 250 + 136 = 386 = 2 * 193. The Easter Island calendar, with the month He Anakena at its beginning, could have begun with 'July 13, the day I have named after Castor's spirit. ... The Rapa Nui calendar begins with the month of Anakena (the name of the landing site of Hotu Matu'a). Anakena was said by Thomson to mean August, but Métraux corrected that to July. Taking into consideration the conflicting evidence of the timing of Orongo ceremonies and based upon consultation with noted Pacific astronomer Will Kyselka, I think it is probable that the Rapa Nui ritual calendar, as that of the Maori, Mangarevans, Samoans, Tongans and other Polynesians began in July following the rising of the Pleiades ... The Pleiades rose heliacally not in 'July but in 'May 15, we know, and from there to the ghost of Castor there are 194 - 136 = 58 (= 2 * 29 days):
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