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My last page in the chapter for line b3 follows. Although there are more glyphs in the line I thought it would be wise to save them until discussing line b4.

At 0h the process of recycling (haka-taka) - this time 5 days long - resulted in a return of the Rogo who evidently had been immersed beneath the waves for 73 (= 365 /5) days:

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Gb1-1 (230) Gb1-2 Gb1-3
November 6 7 (311) 8 (*232)
Deneb Okab (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9)  ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), Albireo (295.5) μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9)
January 9 10 (375) 11
Gb3-11 (301) Gb3-12 Gb3-13 Gb3-14 (π) Gb3-15
January 16 17 18 (383) 19 20
Al Fargh al Thāni-25 Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) σ Andromedae (3.0), ζ Tucanae (3.5), π Tucanae (3.7), ρ Andromedae (3.9) no star listed (4)
0h (365.25)
Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8) ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
March 21 (80) 22 (446) 23 (383 + 64) 24 (14 * 32) 25
ºMarch 17 18 (77) 19 (443 = 383 + 60) 20 (14 * 29½ + 31) 21 (*0)
'February 22 23 (Terminalia) 24 (Bis-sextum) 25 (14 * 4) 26 (*342)
"February 8 9 (40) 10 (*326) 11 12 (408)
JULY 17 18 19 (200) 20 21 (*122)
12h (182.6) Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1), Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 Chang Sha (186.3)
ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5) GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9)
September 19 20 21 (264) equinox 23
ºSeptember 15 16 17 (260) 18 19 (*182)
'August 23 24 (236) 25 (*157 = 314 / 2) 26 27
"August 9 10 (222) 11 12 (*144) 13

Before the Gregorian reform of the calendar the date March 25 had been regarded as the day of spring equinox. In rongorongo times precession had added 4 days to ºMarch 21 and once again the nakshatra position of 185 days from 0h would occur before the equinox - before the bright Gienah (γ) at the right wing of the thirsty Raven. The order of the stars had been restored.