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Once again, glyph 157 could be pointing at the day which is the first beyond number 92 + 40 + 24 after March 21. South of the equator this season is not at the end of high summer but instead corresponding to 40 + 24 + 1 = 65 days after winter solstice, or around day 355 + 65 = 420. This should be February 24 (55) or - if we should consider the day when Castor rose heliacally as a leap day - February 23 (54):

... The ordinary year in the previous Roman calendar consisted of 12 months, for a total of 355 days. In addition, a 27-day intercalary month, the Mensis Intercalaris, was sometimes inserted between February and March. This intercalary month was formed by inserting 22 days after the first 23 or 24 days of February ...

1 An Nathra 9 (101) 10 11 12 13
August 25 (237) 26 27 28 29
Ca6-17 (157) Ca6-18 Ca6-19 Ca6-20 Ca6-21
tagata oho rima - ki te marama koia kua oho ki te marama kua moe kua ka te ahi i te rima aueue - te ika
Alterf 1 2 3 (108)
August 30 (242) 31 September 1
Ca6-22 Ca6-23 Ca6-24 (164)
te marama kua hua marama kua tuu i te kihikihi

Counting 22 days from August 25 (237) will bring us to the 3rd period in the Moon calendar, to September 16, where the moe bird has lost his eye. 237 + 22 = 259:

3 Dschuba 2 3 4 5 6 (124)
September 13 14 15 16 17 (260)
Ca7-8 Ca7-9 (177) Ca7-10 Ca7-11 Ca7-12
koia ki te marama tagata marama kua moe ki te ahi - e rima rave i te ika
Dschuba 7 8 9 10 (128)
September 18 19 12h (182.6) 21 (264)
Ca7-13 Ca7-14 Ca7-15 Ca7-16 (184)
marama kua hua - ki te marama kua hahaś hia te marama noho i te nohoga

Moe in Ca7-11 is in the middle of the week defined by the pair of Metoro's ki te marama in period 3.

Metoro used his expression ki te marama twice in period 1 and twice in period 3, but never in period 2. Not until after the full moon glyph (number 192) - i.e. in the waning Moon half of the calendar - will he repeat this expression and then only twice.