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When Venus changes from evening to morning star she becomes invisible for 8 days (whereas it takes her 50 nights of invisibility to change from morning to evening star). South of the equator Venus should therefore ideally disappear for 8 nights before the spring equinox in September (at Hora Nui 22):

¬  Pu Pakakina A Ira ®
Ga5-4 (114) Ga5-5 Ga5-6 Ga5-7 Ga5-8 Ga5-9
Al Sarfah-10 / Uttara Phalguni-12 Phekda, β Hydrae  (179.3), η Crateris (179.9)

Deneb Cygni

no star listed π Virginis (181.0) 12h (182.6) Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1), Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9)
93 Leonis (178.0), DENEBOLA (178.3), Alaraph (178.6) ο Virginis (182.1)
Hora Nui 15 16 17 (260) 18 19 (*182) 20
ºSept 11 12 (*175) 13 (256) 14 15 16
'Aug 19 20 (*152) 21 22 23 24 (236)
"Aug 5 (*137) 6 7 8 (220) 9 10
σ Phoenicis (360.4) φ Pegasi (361.7) Dzaneb (362.4) η Tucanae (363.0), ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32 Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4), ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9) no star listed (364) Al Fargh al Thāni-25
0h (365.25)
Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8)
Tarahao 16 (75 = 31 + 28 + 16) 17 (365 + 31 + 29 + 17 = 442) 18 (77 = 443 - 366) 19 (444) 20 (445) 21 (80 = 446 - 366)
ºMarch 13 3-14 (73) 15 16 17 (*360) 18 (77)
'Febr18 (414) 19 (50) 20 (*336) 21 22 Terminalia
"Febr 4 (400) 5 (36) 6 7 8 (*324) 9
¬  Pu Pakakina A Ira.
Ga5-10 Ga5-11 (121)
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28
GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9)
Hora Nui 21 (*184) Equinox (265)
ºSeptember 17 (*180) 18 (261)
'August 25 (237) 26 (*158)
"August 11 (*143) 12 (224)
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
Tarahao 22 (81 = 31 + 28 + 22) 23 (448 = 366 + 82)
ºMarch 19 (78 = 443 - 365) 20 (444 = 365 + 31 + 28 + 20)
Bissextum (55 = *340 + 80 - 365) 'Feburary 25 (55 = 22 * 5 / 2)
"February 10 (*326) 11 (42 = *327 + 80 - 365)

But from Hora Iti 28 (Ga4-13, Te Pito O Te Kainga) to the September equinox there were 265 - 240 = 25 nights - a number which characterizes Saturn. 25 - 8 = 17 (Venus).

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Pu means a cave and hiding inside such a hole you cannot be seen.

This should remind us of the English king who hid for 24 hours among the branches of an oak:

... Robur Carolinum, Charles' Oak, the Quercia of Italy and the Karlseiche of Germany, was formally published by Halley in 1679 in commemoration of the Royal Oak of his patron, Charles II, in which the king had lain hidden for twenty-four hours after his defeat by Cromwell in the battle of Worcester, on the 3rd of September 1651 ...

The Oak in question was probably referring to θ Carinae (Vathorz Posterior) and the hidden king to μ Velorum (Peregrini), both stars to the far right in Hevelius' description:

Vathorz Prior (υ Carinae) rose 162.1 - 147.9 = ca 14 nights earlier than Vathorz Posterior. Hora Iti 30 (242) - 14 = 228 (Hora Iti 16). 228 = 12 * 19. In my astronomy book υ Carinae was indicated by number 365:

And in the G text heliacal Vathorz Prior coincided with Ga3-24. Then came the beginning of line Ga4 and the great Tagata, where Gregorius XIII had put the final of a square of 12 days after spring equinox. In Roman times Vathorz Prior coincided with the Sun in day 200 (at the opposite side of the year compared to 13 * 29½).

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Ga3-23 Ga3-24 Ga4-1 Ga4-2 Ga4-3 Ga4-4 (87)
ψ Leonis (146.4), Ras Elaset Australis (146.6) Vathorz Prior (147.9) υ¹ Hydrae (148.4), Ras Elaset Borealis (148.7) Tseen Ke (149.9) ν Leonis (150.1), π Leonis (150.6) υ² Hydrae (151.8)
Hora Iti 14 15 16 17 (229) 18 19
ºAug 10 11 12 (*144) 13 14 (*146) 15
'July 18 19 (200) 20 21 (*122) 22 23
"July 4 (185) 5 6 (*107) 7 (*108) 8 9
Enif, Erakis (329.2), 46 Capricorni, Jih (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), Deneb Algiedi (329.8) θ Piscis Austrini (330.1) Kuh (331.4) no star listed (332) η Piscis Austrini (333.4) 22h (334.8)
Kae Uh (334.0), Al Kurhah (334.4), Sadalmelik (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7)
Febr13 (*329) 14 15 (46) 16 17 (413) 18 (49)
ºFebruary 9 10 (*326) 11 (407) 12 (408) 13 (*329) 14 (45)
'January 17 18 (383) 19 (384)  20 (*305) 21 22
"January 3 4 5 6 7 (372) 8 (*293)

In the time of Bharani the Earth was here at a maximum distance away from the Sun (aphelion):

... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date ...

The Crater is an empty vessel, but at the opposite side of the year was the Urn of Aquarius, filling the upside down Piscis Austrini. Deneb Algiedi (the 'End' of the Goat) was here:

And the Phoenix would soon arrive.