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Beyond RA day 324 (February 8) a different part of the text is beginning. First there are 4:

Al Baldaah 12 13
February 9 (40) 10
Ca12-9 (325) Ca12-10
oho te vae ki hukiga o te ra
Saad Al Thabib 1 2 (272)
11 12
Ca12-11 Ca12-12
kua oho ra kua ere te tagata - te hetu

Then there are 8:

Saad Al Thabib 3 4 5 (275)
February 13 (409) 14 (45) 15
Ca12-13 (329) Ca12-14 Ca12-15
oho te vae te vai okahia te henua
Saad Al Thabib 6 7 (277)
February 16 17 (413)
Ca12-16 Ca12-17 (333)
oho te vae kua pure ia
Saad Al Thabib 8 9 10 (280)
February 18 19 (50) 20
Ca12-18 Ca12-19 Ca12-20 (336)
oho te vae koia ra kua haga hia kua moe

At Ca12-20 (where 12 * 20 = 240) Metoro said kua moe as if he saw a person yawning. However, this picture could equally well illustrate a person getting up a little too early at dawn (as a sleepy person settling down, moe, late in the evening).

336 = 2 * 168 and combined with 12 glyphs this makes 28 for each glyph. Saad Al Thabib 10 is day 280 in the manzil calendar.

A triplet of glyphs with February 22 (2-22) in its center, at Ca12-22 where we count 12 * 22 = 264, possibly refers back to manzil day 264:

Saad Al Thabib 11 12 13 (283)
February 21 22 23 (54)
Ca12-21 Ca12-22 Ca12-23 (339)
te niu ku hakatu ua te maitaki - kupega tuku hia mai mata hakatuu
Al Baldaah 3 4 5 6 7 8 (265)
January 31 February 1 2 3 4 (400) 5 (36)
Ca11-32 Ca12-1 Ca12-2 Ca12-3 Ca12-4 (320) Ca12-5
te rakau i to vai Te moko te marama rima o kava manu mauga tu taki
Baten Algiedi (315.8), μ Aquarii (316.0) no stars listed Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3) 21h (319.6) ο Pavonis (320.8)
χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3)
August 2 (214) 3 4 5 6 7
Alhena 12 13 Murzim 1 (80) 2 3 4
ζ Hydrae (134.1) Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0)  ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6), ν Cancri (136.0), Talitha Australis (136.1) 9h (137.0) σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8) Miaplacidus (139.3)
ω Hydrae (136.8), σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), Alsuhail (137.5)

If Decem-ber is month 10, then February will be number 12. This glyph line could refer to February.

Like the last manzil Alrescha the first of the Three Saads has 15 nights and we can perceive a vertical reversal from niu in Ca12-25 (where 12 * 25 = 300) to niu at the beginning of Saad Balaa:

Saad Al Thabib 14 15 (285)   Saad Balaa 1 2
February 24 25 26 (422) 27 (58)
Ca12-24 (340) Ca12-25 Ca12-26 Ca12-27
te vae paupau te niu tutuu oho te rima o te niu a hagahaga

The last glyph in line Ca12 is number 58 counted from January 1 (and 58 = 2 * 29).

12 (February) * 27 = 324 could allude to February 8, 19 nights earlier:

Al Baldaah 9 10 11 (268)
February 6 7 (403) 8
Ca12-6 Ca12-7 Ca12-8 (324)
tagata hoi haatu ka huri ra ki te mauga
φ Capricorni (321.8) Alderamin (322.9), Dai (323.5) γ Pavonis (324.1)
August 8 (220) 9 10
Murzim 5 (84) 6 7
Tureis (139.8) Markab Velorum (141.5) Al Minhar al Asad (141.6), Alphard (142.3)

March 21 is day 80 counted from January 1 and Sheratan 1 is day 80 counted from Saad Balaa 1 (February 26):

January 1 (1) 80 Saad Balaa 1 (58) 80
March 21 (80) Sheratan 1 (137)