Heka is also in the
Chinese list of
stations, but not as
number 5 but as
number 20:
1 |
Horn |
α
Virginis |
Crocodile |
2 |
Neck |
κ
Virginis |
Dragon |
3 |
Root |
α²
Librae |
Badger |
... |
16 |
Bond |
β
Arietis |
Dog |
17 |
Stomach |
4¹
Arietis
(?) |
Pheasant |
18 |
Hairy
Head |
η
Tauri
(?) |
Cockerel |
19 |
Net |
ε
Tauri |
Crow |
20 |
Turtle |
λ
Orionis |
Monkey |
21 |
Three
Stars |
ζ
Orionis |
Gibbon |
... |
28 |
Chariot |
γ
Corvi |
Worm |
If each
station
should be
counted as
1h, then the
distance
between the
Hindu and
the Chinese
Heka
stations
would be 15h
= ca 228
days. 228 =
12 * 19 and
364 - 228 =
136.
However, there
are 28
stations,
not 24. And
15 / 28 *
365.25 = ca
196 days.
196 = 14 *
14 and 364 -
196 = 168 =
228 - 60 (=
196 - 136).
January and
February are
together ca
60 days and
in March
comes the
equinox,
separating
the old and
the new
years. South
of the
equator July
and August
could have
had a
similar
meaning,
with
September as
the month
with the
equinox of
spring.
We can
compare with
the distances
between Heka
in G and
Heka in C:
Az
Zubana 9 |
|
10 |
December
7 |
8 (342) |
|
|
Ca10-6
(261) |
Ca10-7
(*80) |
Tupu te
toromiro |
kua noho
te vai |
π
Herculis
(260.7),
Ras
Algethi
(260.8),
Sarin
(261.0),
ο
Ophiuchi
(261.4) |
ξ
Ophiuchi
(262.2),
θ
Ophiuchi,
ν
Serpentis
(262.4) |
June 8 |
9 (160) |
Pleione
9 |
10 |
no star
listed |
λ
Leporis
(79.6) |
Az Zubana 11 |
12 (208) |
13 |
Akleel 1 |
2 |
December 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ca10-8 |
Ca10-9 (264) |
Ca10-10 |
Ca10-11 |
Ca10-12 |
te moko |
te marama |
te kava |
manu rere |
te mauga tuu toga |
ρ Herculis (262.9) |
σ Ophiuchi (263.6) |
Lesath (264.7), Alwaid, Maasym (265.1), Shaula (265.3) |
Kuma (265.6), Ras Alhague (266.1), Sargas (266.3), μ Ophiuchi (266.5) |
Nan Hae (266.6), ι Herculis (266.7) |
June 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 (165) |
Pleione 11 |
12 (26) |
13 |
Albatain 1 |
2 |
Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9) |
Nihal (81.7), Mintaka (82.4) |
ε Columbae (82.6), Arneb (83.0), Heka (83.2), Hatysa (83.5) |
Alnilam (83.7), Heavenly Gate (84.0) |
Alnitak, Phakt (Phaet), (84.7) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ga1-15 |
Ga1-16 (*80) |
Ga1-17 |
Ga1-18 |
Ga1-19 (20) |
no star listed |
λ Leporis (79.6) |
Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), Elnath (80.9) |
Nihal (81.7), Mintaka (82.4) |
ε Columbae (82.6), Arneb (83.0), Heka (83.2), Hatysa (83.5) |
June 8 |
9 (160) |
10 |
11 |
12 (528) |
Pleione 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (33) |
13 |
|
|
Ga1-20 (21) |
Ga1-21 |
Alnilam (83.7), Heavenly Gate (84.0) |
Alnitak, Phakt (Phaet), (84.7) |
June 13 |
14 |
Albatain 1 (400) |
2 |
Instead of 2 + 5 = 7 glyphs the G text has (as I once perceived it) 5 + 2 = 7 glyphs. But now I can see that the dots in front could signify cardinal points and motivate the structure 2 + 3 + 2 = 7 in G to be compared with 1 + 6 = 7 in C.
In G the heliacal rising of λ Leporis (79.6) evidently coincided with RA day 80 (March 21). In C the nakshatra star λ Leporis corresponded to December 8 (which can be read as 10 * 8 = 80).
December 8 (342) - June 9 (160) = 182.
From the heliacal rising of Heka in G to the nakshatra view of Heka in C there are 345 (December 11) - 163 (June 12) = 182 days, half a year. But 163 + 365 = 528 (= 2 * 264) is maybe a better number, in which case the distance is 528 - 345 = 183 days, half a year.
Monkeys and gibbons live up in the trees. There is a pair of 'tree' stations in the Chinese structure.
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