January 8 is in G at the last glyph on side a of the tablet and glyph 236 corresponds to January 14:
I have not bothered to upgrade my documentation of the above 13 glyphs, grouped as 5 + 3 + 5, excepting the elimination of the implicit question marks in such dates as 'January 9 (374)'. I am convinced we can assume the dates are certain, i.e. I ought to write e.g. January 9 (374). One of my earliest discoveries regarding
the G text was how halfway through the text there was an
obvious point of turning upside down between glyphs 236
and 237. This surely must have been to illustrate how 8
* 29½ was the end of the first half of the text. It was
a important result because it meant I had to count the
glyphs, the glyph numbers apparently carried meaning.
Somewhat later I guessed there was an
additional meaning in the point of turning upside down,
not only a simple arithmetical support for the reader
and a possibility to coordinate the phases of the moon
with the glyphs. The distance from Rogo in Gb6-26
to the end of side b was 63 glyphs and 237 + 63 = 300.
If the solary year stretched for 10 months and each such
month was counted as 30 days, then the point of turning
upside down could mean the end of such a year. ... From the natives of South Island [of New Zealand] White [John] heard a quaint myth which concerns the calendar and its bearing on the sweet potato crop. Whare-patari, who is credited with introducing the year of twelve months into New Zealand, had a staff with twelve notches on it. He went on a visit to some people called Rua-roa (Long pit) who were famous round about for their extensive knowledge. They inquired of Whare how many months the year had according to his reckoning. He showed them the staff with its twelve notches, one for each month. They replied: 'We are in error since we have but ten months. Are we wrong in lifting our crop of kumara (sweet potato) in the eighth month?' Whare-patari answered: 'You are wrong. Leave them until the tenth month. Know you not that there are two odd feathers in a bird's tail? Likewise there are two odd months in the year.' The grateful tribe of Rua-roa adopted Whare's advice and found the sweet potato crop greatly improved as the result ... And by assuming the heliacal dates (in rongorongo times) for Antares and Aldebaran could be coordinated with Ga7-16 respectively Ga1-4 it was possible to extend my guess further and assume Rogo in Gb6-25 was at March 21.
From there I could assign Gregorian (and also the Arabic manzil) dates to the glyphs. For example should 300 days after March 21 (80) = 380 be January 15. My asterisks defined the number of days from March 21. I have recounted the above in order to compare the text in glyph line Ca11 with that at the beginning of side b on the G tablet. First we should notice that in G there is a point of turning upside down already in January 4, from where evidently sky (ragi) is at the top end and land (nuku) at bottom.
Sun reached Manubrium (ο Sagittarii, at the neck of the Archer) at 19h and this could possibly have been sufficient reason to design glyph Ga8-22 in this way.
At the same time Wezen (δ Canis Majoris, at the backbone of the Dog whose nose is Sirius) ideally had a conjunction with the full Moon. The right ascension position of Wezen at the other end of the sky roof compared to 19h was 7h. From January 1 to the heliacal risings of Polaris and Sheratan (and other important stars) in April 17 (*27) there were 80 + 27 = 107 days and when Wezen rose together with Sun in day *107, it may have suggested for the Polynesians a structure in the Gregorian calendar adapted from another calendar beginning with the March equinox. If we continue beyond January 8, keeping in mind the corresponding positions in the G text where January 9 apparently was at Gb1-1, then Ca11-11 must draw our attention. It is glyph 295 (= 10 * 29½). In the nakshatra sky the inoino with no mata corresponded to Castor rising together with Sun in July 12 (193):
In G the date January 10 has a hanau (birth) glyph with no head, possibly referring to Castor. There was a week from 19h up to and including the night of Castor. Then, in January 11, G has a Rogo glyph with a perfect hole in its bottom part. Maybe it signifies how a new season is beginning after the night of Castor. January 15 corresponded to Shaula 13 and January 16 to Al Naam 1. Considering the association from the star Shaula at the sting of the Scorpion (and also from the ominous number 13) the signs in the following Gb1-8 could be interpreted as the final of a dark time. Its central element is a sign of raaraa (no Raa, no Sun). The kava glyph Ca11-17 certainly signifies the end of a dark time. Counting beyond Castor (Ca11-11) the date July 20 is the 8th night and January 18 the 8th day. Mauga in Ca11-19 has a mata in front and it could mean light returns with January 19, or possibly with January 20 because Heka 13 was at 8h:
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