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8. Evidently the henua calender was beginning with the New Year:

Ka3-1 Ka3-2 Ka3-3 (*108) Ka3-4 Ka3-5 (46)
Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8) Wezen (107.1)     Wasat (109.8)
'July 5 '6 '7 '8 '9
Al Tuwaibe' 10 11 12 (52) 13 Heka 1
8
Ka3-14 Ka3-15 (*120) Ka3-16 Ka3-17
    χ Carinae (119.9) Naos (121.3) Heap of Fuel (122.1)
8 'July 18 '19 (200) '20 '8h (121.7)
Heka 10 11 (64) 12 13
Ka3-18 (59) Ka3-19 Ka3-20 (*125) Ka3-21
Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3) Bright Fire (125.4) Avior (126.4)
'July 22 (π) '23 (204) '24 '25
Alhena 1 2 3 4 (70)

There are 6 + 7 = 13 days from Rei in Gregorian day 200 to 'August 1:

Ka4-1 Ka4-2 (64) Ka4-3
 ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) θ Cancri (128.2), η Cancri (128.5)  
'July 26 '27 (208) '28
Alhena 5 6 (72) 7
Ka4-4 (*130) Ka4-5 Ka4-6 Ka4-7 (69)
π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ Hydrae (129.6), Al Minhar al Shujā, Museida (129.9), Beehive (130.4) Ascellus Borealis (130.9), η Hydrae (131.0), Ascellus Australis (131.4) ε Hydrae (131.9), ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4)  
'July 29 (210) '30 '31 'August 1
Alhena 8 9 10 11 (77)

Or should we not rather say the henua calendar is beginning with Ka4-1, because there is no henua in Ka3-21. And possibly because 4 * 1 = 4 could allude to 4 pillars which first must be put in the corners:

... The ritual actions of sitting down and lifting upward are done with great precision and care, because they are directly related to the actions done by the gods at Creation. The people represent the gods of the four corners and the clouds that cover the earth. As they rise from their seats, they metaphorically lift the sky. If their lifting motion is uneven, the rains will be irregular and harmful ... (See at Kuukuu.)

The beginning could be at the muzzle of the Great Bear in heaven, where her spirit is moving in and out as she is breathing heavily: