Nakshatra dates and stars should be added. But also such midnight culminations which are known, because we have ascertained not only that Atlas culminated at midnight in December 31 but also that Castor culminated in February 23 (in a leap year day 420 counted from January 1 in the previous year): ... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages. The leap year described on side a of the C text is beginning in line Ca11 and February 23 will therefore be glyph number 365 + 31 + 23 - 80 = 339:
Evidence suggests the midnight culminations of some stars were important for the structure of the calendars. I will therefore update my star list with culmination days, e.g.:
I have here redmarked not only the day number for the culmination of Castor but also its declination. I believe exactly 32º was seen as an important Sign. I will try to make my point clear later. Beyond Procyon (α Canis Minoris) which culminated in February 24, the day the Romans doubled when there was a leap year, my next culmination date refers to Acubens (α Cancri) which culminated in March 18 (448), 4 weeks after Procyon and at the last glyph in line Ca13. Pollux rose heliacally the day after Procyon and we can therefore assume Pollux also culminated the day after Procyon. The culmination of Procyon has Castor the night before and Pollux the night after, making Procyon the central star, thus greater in importance and a suitable Sign for where one half of the year dies and the next takes on. But in the middle ages the leap day moved to the end of February:
The nakshatra dates are 182 days earlier than the heliacal dates, e.g. 242 (August 30) = 424 (February 28) - 182. And September 1 (244) = March 1 (426 in a leap year) - 182, i.e. the nakshatra dates are in ordinary years, not in leap years. I cannot have any stars at February 29, but there is no such problem with August 31. Altair (α Aquilae) rose heliacally in January 15 (380) and could 229 days later, in September 1 (609), be observed at midnight when culminating. 609 - 365 = 244 (September 1) = 380 (January 15) - 136 (= 365 - 229). The leap day February 29 means the RA day numbers will be 1 less than the glyph numbers from March 1. For instance was Fomalhaut rising heliacally in March 4 (429) = RA day 429 - 80 - 1 = 348:
Gredi is α Capricorni and it culminated at midnight in September 9. It rose heliacally in January 22
... There are 50 days from puo pouo in March 16 (75) to poo pouo in May 5 (125). I have no word poo in my word list. Puo pouo ought to mean 'covered' (puo) by the head gear pouo. Metoro's poo pouo could be his way to express the opposite, viz. the change due after 50 days, in day 125. In other words it could mean the head gear season is over when May 5 arrives, that there is no longer any need to 'push growth' by contact with a woman's hair ...
Acubens (α Cancri) culminated at midnight in March 18 (78) and rose heliacally in August 3 (215), 137 days later. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
