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Beyond St Lucia (the night of December 13) the week to the solstice is beginning with a pair of glyphs with 'growth' (tupu) at left and with mata oriented inwards in contrast to the orientation outwards at the end of the week. Presumably this is a dark week:

Akleel 3 (212)   4
December 14 (348) 15
Ca10-13 (268) Ca10-14
kua tupu te mea - i te inoino ka tupu te toromiro - i te inoino
Akleel 5 6 7 (216) 8 9
December 16 17 18 19 20 (354)
Ca10-15 Ca10-16 Ca10-17 (272) Ca10-18 Ca10-19
rima heu ki te vai te moko oho mai te marama te kava manu rere
Akleel 10   11 (220)
December 21 22
Ca10-20 (275) Ca10-21
te inoino erua
Akleel 12 13 (222) Qalb al Akraab 1 2 3 4
December 23 24 25 26 (360) 27 28
Ca10-22 (277) Ca10-23 Ca10-24 Ca10-25 Ca10-26 Ca10-27
tupu te raau i vai oka hia te moko te marama te kava manu kara etahi te mauga pu hia

Mauga pu in Ca10-27 has mata in both directions, probably a 'Janus' sign. The first week after the solstice ends here. Qalb al Akraab ('The Heart of the Scorpion' = Antares), is the 18th manzil of the Arabs and it is beginning on Christmas Day.

Here there is a month (te marama) sign resembling a pair we have seen earlier (Ca7-16 and Ca7-23):

Dschuba 6 7 8 9 10 (128)
September 17 18 19 20 21 (264)
Ca7-12 Ca7-13 Ca7-14 (182) Ca7-15 Ca7-16 (184)
- Maharu Ohua - Otua
ki te ahi - e rima rave i te ika marama kua hua - ki te marama kua hahaś hia te marama noho i te nohoga
η Crateris (179.9) π Virginis (181.0) ο Virginis (182.1) 12h (182.6) Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9)
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1)
March 19 20 21 (80) 22 23
Saad Al Saud 9  10 11 12 13 (311)
π Phoenicis (363.4) τ Phoenicis (363.9) Caph, Sirrah (0.5) ε Phoenicis (0.8) Algenib Pegasi (1.8)
Azzubra 1 (132)  2 3 4 5 (136)
Sept. 25 (268) 26 27 28 29 (272)
Ca7-20 Ca7-21 Ca7-22 Ca7-23 Ca7-24 (192)
  Maśre Ina-ira Rakau Omotohi
puhi te ahi - rave i te ika te kava - erua marama e marama noho i tona nohoga te hare pure e tagata noho ki roto
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), ρ Virginis (191.4), Porrima, γ Centauri (191.5) β Muscae (192.5)
March 27 28 29 30 31 (90)
Saad Al Akhbia 4 5 6 7 8 (319)
no stars listed Delta (8.4)  Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9),  ξ Phoenicis (9.0), Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis (9.4) no star listed

Possibly the form in front is meant to represent a breast - for the newborn child to suck, omo:

2 1
Ca7-16 Ca7-17 Ca7-20 Ca7-21 Ca7-23 Ca7-24 (192)
79 6
Ca10-17 (272) Ca10-24

Maybe the first half of the Moon calendar was meant to end 80 days before day 272 (= 2 * 136).

Ca7-23 can be counted as 72 * 3 = 216 and 272 (September 29) - 216 = 56 = 192 - 136:

Alrescha 15 Sheratan 1 2 3
May 16 (136) 17 18 19
Ca3-5 Ca3-6 (57) Ca3-7 Ca3-8
ihe tapamea e tagata mau toki ki te henua e hokohuki mau ki te matagi kiore i te henua
Maia, Asterope, Merope (55.6), Alcyone (56.1), Pleione, Atlas (56.3) no star listed Menkhib (57.6) Zaurak (58.9), λ Tauri (59.3)