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Line Ca5 is beginning with glyphs corresponding to July. However the first 4 days of July are at the end of line Ca4:

Al Tuwaibe' 6 7 8 (413) 9 (49)
July 1 2 3 4 (185)
(178) (179) (180) (181)
Ca4-26 (102) Ca4-27 Ca4-28 Ca4-29
erua tamaiti kua vaha te mago erua

Perhaps this alludes to the difference between March 25 and March 21. The Julian calendar had spring equinox at March 25 and if counted from there Sirius would have risen - in rongorongo times - in day 181 - 4 = 177 or 3 synodic lunar double-months later.

We can compare with the manzil Al Tuwaibe' - ruled by Aldebaran - which is beginning on June 26 = Gregorian day 177.

14 * 29½ = 413 equals the day number for Al Tuwaibe' 8, counted from the beginning of the previous manzil year; 48 + 365 = 413. This date corresponds to Gregorian day 184 and to day 180 if counted from March 25.

Line Ca5 has 35 glyphs, although the last 4 of them probably are to be considered together with those at the beginning of line Ca6:

Al Tuwaibe' 10 11 12 13 (53)
July 5 (186) 6 7 8
Ca5-1 Ca5-2 (107) Ca5-3 Ca5-4
E hua ki te henua - ka huki te hau tea - te henua kua hua te henua
Heka 1 2 3 4 (57)
July 9 10 11 12 (193)
Ca5-5 Ca5-6 (111) Ca5-7 Ca5-8
kua iri i te rakau ihe tamaiti erua mago
Heka 5 6 7 (60) 8 9
July 13 14 15 (196) 16 17
Ca5-9 Ca5-10 Ca5-11 (116) Ca5-12 Ca5-13
te hokohuki erua te marama te maitaki te henua
Heka 10 11 (64)
July 18 19 (200)
Ca5-14 Ca5-15 (120)
kua haga te mea ke manu puoko i tona ahi
Heka 12 13 (66) Alhena 1 2 3
July 20 21 22 23 24 (205)
Ca5-16 Ca5-17 Ca5-18 Ca5-19 Ca5-20 (125)
kua heu te huki hakahagana te honu tagata moe hakarava hia ka moe hakapekaga mai
Alhena 4 5 6 (72)
July 25 26 27 (208)
Ca5-21 Ca5-22 Ca5-23
te Rei te manu te henua
Alhena 7 8 9 (75) 10
July 28 29 30 31 (212)
Ca5-24 (129) Ca5-25 Ca5-26 Ca5-27
tuu te rima i ruga etoru kahi
Alhena 11 (77) 12 13 Murzim 1
August 1 2 3 4 (216)
Ca5-28 Ca5-29 Ca5-30 Ca5-31 (136)
e manu te kahi te henua haro rima i ruga
Murzim 2 3 4 5 (84)
August 5 6 7 8 (220)
Ca5-32 Ca5-33 Ca5-34 Ca5-35 (140)
e vaha noho ragi erua ahi i te hau tea