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There is an informative dot in front at Gb1-23 (where 12 * 3 = 396 / 11, where January was ending, and where at the time of Bharani was the solstice):

Gb1-23 Gb1-24 Gb1-25 Gb1-26 Gb2-1 (256) Gb2-2
μ Aquarii (316.0) ε Equulei (317.8) no star listed (318) 21h (319.6) χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8) δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8)
Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo (319.7)
Jan 31 (396)  February 1 2 3 4 5 (36)
Tua Haro 31  Tehetu'upú 1 2 3 4 (400) 5 (36)
ºJan 27 28 (393) 29 (*314) 30 31 ºFebruary 1
'January 4 5 (370) 6 (*291) 7 8 9
'Tua Haro 4 5 6 7 8 9
SOLSTICE "December 22 23 CHRISTMAS EVE 25 (359) 26 (*280)
no star listed (133) ζ Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri (134.2), ο Cancri (134.6) Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0), σ Cancri (135.2), ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6) ν Cancri (136.0),Talitha Australis (136.1), ωHydrae (136.8) 9h (137.0) no star listed (138)
σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4),  Alsuhail (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8)
August 1 2 3 4 (216) 5 6
Hora Iti 1 2 3 4 (216) 5 6
ºJuly 28 29 (*130) 30 31 ºAugust 1 2 (214)
'July 5 6 (*107) 7 8 9 10
'He Anakena 5 6 7 8 9 (190) 10
SOLSTICE "June 22 (*93) 23 ST JOHN'S EVE 25 26 (177)
Gb2-3 Gb2-4 Gb2-5 (260) Gb2-6 Gb2-7 Gb2-8
Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9) Dai (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan (324.6) Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11 no star listed (326) Castra (327.2), Bunda (327.5)

Sirius

Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9)
February 6 7 (403) 8 9 10 11
ºFebruary 2 3 4 (400) 5 6 7
'January 10 11 12 13 14 (*299) 15
'Tua Haro 10 11 12 13 (378) 14 15
"December 27 28 29 30 31 (*285) "Jan 1 (366)
π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8) no star listed (140) Markab Velorum (141.5), Al Minhar al Asad (141.6) Star-25

ANA-HEU-HEU-PO

Al Tarf-7 A Hydrae (144.1)

Vega

ALPHARD (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7) ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)
August 7 8 (220) 9 10 11 12
ºAugust 3 4 (216) 5 6 7 8 (*140)
'July 11 12 13 14 15 (*116) 16
'He Anakena 11 12 (193) 13 14 15 16
"June 27 28 29 (*100) 30 "July 1 2 (183)

The basic structuire could have been defined from the midnight culminations of Sirius and Vega at opposite sides of the year. At the time of Bharani these events occured in the night of "January 1 respectively in the night of "July 2 (183 = 366 - 183).

In rongorongo times the midnight culmination of Sirius occurred 8 nights beyond 21h. There could be a suggestion of 'Land' stretching from heliacal Tejat Prior to heliacal ν Aquarii, for 227 days (alluding to π). Hevelius appears to have 'cut off' the left forearm of Aquarius with the tail of the Capricorn between ν and β:

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Ga1-27 Ga1-28 Ga1-29 Gb1-26 Gb2-1 (256)
6h (91.3) ξ Orionis (92.5) Al Han'ah-4 21h (319.6) χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8)
ν Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6)  TEJAT PRIOR (93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo (319.7)
June 20 (*91) SOLSTICE 22 (173) February 3 4 (400)
ºJune 16 17 (168) 18 ºJan 30 31 (396)
'May 24 (*64) 25 (5 * 29) 26 (2 * 73) 'Jan 7 (12 * 31) 8 (*293)
'Vaitu Potu 24 25 26 (146) 'Tua Haro 7 8 (373)
"May 10 (*50) 11 12 (132) CHRISTMAS EVE "Dec 25 (359)
Zhōngshān (274.0), π Pavonis (274.6) ι Pavonis (275.1), Polis (275.9)

Menkar

η Sagittarii (276.9) ν Cancri (136.0),Talitha Australis (136.1), ωHydrae (136.8) 9h (137.0)
σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4),  Alsuhail (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8)
Dec 20 (354) SOLSTICE 22 August 4 (216) 5
ºDec 16 17 18 (*272) ºJuly 31 ºAugust 1
'November 23 24 (*248) 25 'July 8 9 (*110)
'Ko Ruti 23 24 25 (329) 'He Anakena 8 9 (190)
"November 9 10 (314) 11 (*235) ST JOHN'S EVE "June 25 (*96)

Tejat Prior is not up on land, the left foot of Castor is still in the water, and ν Aquarii is before the tail of the Capricorn, not integrated with the main part of Aquarius, beginning with Sadalsud:

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Ga1-30 Ga2-1 Gb2-2 Gb2-3 Gb2-4 Gb2-5 Gb2-6
 Furud (94.9) Well-22 δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9) Dai (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan (324.6) Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11
δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9)
June 23 ST JOHN'S EVE February 5 6 7 8 9 (40)
He Maro 23 24 (175)  Tehetu'upú 5 6 7 (403) 8 9 (*325)
ºJune 19 20 (*91) ºFebruary 1 2 3 4 (*320) 5 (36)
'May 27 28 (*68) 'January 9 10 (*295) 11 12 13 (378)
"May 13 14 (*54) "Dec 26 (*280) 27 28 29 30 (364)
Purva Ashadha-20 no star listed (138) π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8) no star listed (140) Markab Velorum (141.5), Al Minhar al Asad (141.6) Star-25

ANA-HEU-HEU-PO

KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6) ALPHARD (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7)
Dec 23 CHRISTMAS EVE August 6 7 8 (220) 9 10
Ko Koró 23 24 (358) Hora Iti 6 7 8 9 10 (*142)
ºDec 19 20 (354) ºAug 2 (214) 3 4 (*136) 5 6
'Nov 26 27 (*251) 'July 10 11 (192) 12 13 14 (*115)
"Nov12 13 (*237) "June 26 (177) 27 28 (*99) 29 30

... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars. The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual. When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one. They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe.

The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...

Later on in this series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains arrive. In this ceremony two diviners and their wives sit on benches so that they occupy the corner positions of the cosmic square. They take their seats in the same order as the stones were placed, with the men on the eastern side and the women on the west. 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 ...