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... The canoes of Ava Rei Pua and of Hotu were seen near the (off-shore) islets. On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa uri) the canoe of Hotu and the canoe of Ava Rei Pua landed.

On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa uri), Nonoma left the house during the night to urinate outside. At this point Ira called out to Nonoma, 'Look at the canoe!' Nonoma ran, he quickly went to Te Hikinga Heru (a ravine in the side of the crater Rano Kau) and looked around. There he saw the double canoe way out near the (offshore) islets, and the two (hulls of the canoe) were lashed together." (The Eighth Island)

 

The date Tagaroa Uri 15 was evidently equal to ºOctober 11, i.e. there was a 4-day difference. Tagaroa Uri 15 was day 288 and ºOctober 11 was day 284.

Ga6-3 Ga6-4 (144) Ga6-5
no star listed (207) τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) no star listed (209)
Tagaroa Uri 14 15 (288) 16
ºOctober 10 11 (*204) 12 (285)
'September 17 (260) 18 19 (*182)
"September 3 (246) 4 5 (*168)
no star listed (24) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)
Vaitu Nui 14 15 16 (472)
ºApril 11 (101) 12 13 (468)
'March 18 (78) 19 (*364) 20 (445)
"March 4 (64) 5 (*350) 6 (431)
Ga6-6 Ga6-7 Ga6-8 (148)
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8)
Tagaroa Uri 17 (290) 18 19
ºOctober 13 14 15 (288)
'September 20 (*183) 21 (264) 22
"September 6 7 (250) 8 (*171)
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7)
 Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
Vaitu Nui 17 (107) 18 (474 = 108 + 366) 19
ºApril 14 15 (104 = 59 + 46) 16 (*25)
'March 21 (80 = 59 + 21) 22 (*367) 23 (448 = 366 + 82)
"March 7 (432 = 66 + 366) 8 (67 = 59 + 22) 9 (*354)

Moe in Ga6-6 is a type of glyph which probably indicates 'birth' and here this time seems to have coincided with the day when the Sun reached the pair of stars defining Al Sharatain (the First Point of Aries). When on Easter Island this 'point' was close to the Sun in day 107 = Vaitu Nui 17 it could have meant - according to their calendar - that spring had arrived north of the equator.

But in rongorongo times the true day for this northern equinox would have arrived already 27 days earlier. 146 (Ga6-6) - 27 = 119 (Ga5-9) and here kiore (at left) has been drawn with a straight back, probably to indicate his efforts to push upwards:

Ga5-4 Ga5-5 Ga5-6 Ga5-7 Ga5-8 Ga5-9 (119)
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
'August 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)
'Febr 18 (414) 19 (50) 20 (*336) 21 22 Terminalia
"Febr (400) 5 (36) 6 7 8 (*324) 9
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)

And although in rongorongo times the Easter Island true spring equinox (south of the equator) probably was at viri in Ga5-11

their calendar spring equinox may have been locked to the First Point of Aries as seen close to the Full Moon in day 290 (Tagaroa Uri 17) = 4 + 286 (ºOctober 13).

Also the view from north of the equator may have been recorded in the glyph text, because the 'empty head gear' in Hora Nui 26 coincided with autumn equinox according to the calendar of the Church - in ºSeptember 22 although Gienah had risen with the Sun already 4 days earlier:

Ga5-12 Ga5-13 Ga5-14 (124) Ga5-15 Ga5-16
Chang Sha (186.3) Intrometida (187.4), Acrux (187.5) γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5), Gacrux (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7)  α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

Alderamin

Hora Nui 23 24 25 (268) 26 27
ºSept 19 20 21 (*184) Equinox 23 (266)
'August 27 28 (240) 29 30 31 (*163)
"August 13 14 15 (227) 16 (*148) 17
σ Andromedae (3.0), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7) no star listed (4) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0)

Alphard

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) π Andromedae, Andromeda Galaxy (7.7)
Tarahao 24 25 (84) 26 (451) 27 (*372) 28
Equinox (445) ºMarch 22 (81) 23 24 (*368) 25
'Febr 26 (*342) 27 28 29 (60) 'March 1
"Febr 12 (408) 13 14 15 (46) 16 (*332)