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9. The beginning of the K text is not at 'March 21 because another structure than the solar year may have been the foundation in time.

From the strongly drawn and high up 'henua' in Ka1-3 to the weaker and low down 'henua' in *Kb2-6 there are 261 - 147 = 114 days (and 114 = 6 * 19):


Ka1-1	Ka1-2	Ka1-3	Ka1-4	Ka1-5
	Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)		Aldebaran (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
'May 25	'26 (146)	'27	'28	'29
Sheratan 9	10	11	12	13

111
111	*Kb2-6 (5)	Kb2-7 (182)	*Kb2-8	*Kb2-9 (120)
	π Virginis (181.0)	ο Virginis (182.1)	Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1)	Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9)
111	'September 18	'19 (262)	'12h (182.6)	'September 21
111	Dschuba 7	8 (126)	9	10

In rongorongo times the first point of Raven was at 12h, a remarkable concidence. From this can be deduced a preceding quarter beginning late in 'May and a following quarter beginning in the middle of 'January:

Aldebaran (68.2)	'May 28 (148)	0
Minkar (183.7)	'September 21 (264)	116
Tarazed (299.3)	'January 15 (380)	232


Ga1-1	Ga1-2	Ga1-3	*Ga1-4 (68)**	Ga1-5	Ga1-6
	Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)		Aldebaran (68.2)	Theemin (68.5)
'May 25	'26	'27	'28	'29	'30 (150)
Sheratan 9	10	11	12	13	14


Ga5-10	*Ga5-11 (185)**
Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9)	Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), Gienah (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2)
'21 (264)	'September 22
10 (128)	Dschuba 11

108
108	Gb1-1 (231)	Gb1-2	*Gb1-3 (296)**
	Deneb Okab (294.0)		Albireo (295.5)
108	'January 9 (374)	'10	'11
108	Shaula 7	8	9 (240)


Gb1-4	Gb1-5	Gb1-6 (236)	*Gb1-7 (300)**	Gb1-8
	Sham (297.8)	Tarazed (299.3)	Altair (300.3)
'January 12 (377)	'13	'14	'15	'16
10	11	12	Shaula 13	Al Naam 1

The 4th and last quarter could be a different matter. The solar year is ending before another 116 nights can be counted in full.

The open red mouth (vaha mea) of the fish at the red star Aldebaran - formed like a robber's stick (Y) - presumably carries a red-hot live ember stolen from Sun. From Aldebaran (68.2) to Tarazed (299.3) there are 231 RA days.

In contrast K seems to have the top end of a 'broken stick' in the day before Aldebaran and its bottom piece in the day preceding Minkar. On Easter Island the heliacal rising of Aldebaran does not announce the arrival of spring.