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Once again, these are the glyphs at the beginning of line Ka2-1, and now coloured according to the ordinal number of the glyph in the line:

*Ka1-20 (15) *Ka1-21 (16) *Ka1-22 (17) *Ka1-23 (18) *Ka1-24 (19)
  λ Leporis (79.6) Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9) Nihal (81.7), Mintaka (82.4)  ε Columbae (82.6), Arneb (83.0), Heka (83.2)
'June 8 '9 '10 '11 '12 (163)
Pleione 9 10 11 12 13 (27)
Ka2-1 (20) Ka2-2 Ka2-3 Ka2-4 Ka2-5 (24)
Ga1-22 Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25 Ga1-26 (27)
γ Leporis (85.9) Saiph (86.5), ζ Leporis (86.6) Wezn (87.6), δ Leporis (87.7), Betelgeuze (88.3) η Leporis (89.0), Praja-pāti, Menkalinan, Mahashim, and γ Columbae (89.3) η Columbae (89.7), μ Orionis (90.3)
'June 15 '16 '17 (168) '18 '19
Albatain 3 4 5 6 7

In G there is a pair of glyphs with no parallel in K, making the stars and dates advance with 2 steps compared to K:

Ga1-20 (21) Ga1-21
Hatysa (83.5), Alnilam (83.7), Heavenly Gate (84.0) Alnitak, Phakt (Phaet), (84.7)
'June 13 '14
Albatain 1 (28) 2

On the other hand there is the enigmatic figure in Ka2-6, with no parallel in G, which forces an addition with 1 day compared to the G text (making the net effect - ceteris paribus - to be 1 day later to the solstice in K compared to G):

Ka2-6 Ka2-7 Ka2-8 Ka2-9 (28)
Ga1-27 Ga1-28 Ga1-29
χ² Orionis (90.5), ν Orionis (91.4)   ξ Orionis (92.5), Tejat Prior (93.4)
'6h (91.3) 'June 21 (172) '22
Albatain 8 9 (36) 10

It is possible to find glyphs similar to that in Ka2-6 in other rongorongo texts, e.g. in Qa6-7:

Qa6-1 Qa6-2 Qa6-3 Qa6-4
Qa6-5 Qa6-6 Qa6-7

Perhaps such a type of glyph should stand at a cardinal point (tara). The stars at 6h were χ² and ν, marking the Club of Orion (down in the Milky Way):