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In line Cb1 the Old Toucan is in the past and Phoenix has revived. 0h and 1h are also in the past and even the first 8 days beyond κ Tucanae are 'at left':

Saad Al Akhbia 13 Almuqaddam 1 (325) 2 3
April 5 6 7 8 (464)
*Ca14-18 *Ca14-19 *Ca14-20 *Ca14-21 (384)
1h (15.2) υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7),  Mirach (16.0), Anunitum (16.5) Revati (16.9), ν Phoenicis (17.4) κ Tucanae (17.6)
β Phoenicis (15.1)
Regulus (461)
October 6 7 (280) 8 9
Azzubra 12 13 Assarfa 1 2 (146)
Diadem (198.9), Al Dafīrah (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) ι Centauri (201.4) Mizar (202.4)
Almuqaddam 4 5 6 7
April 9 (100) 10 (466) 11 12 (468)
*Ca14-22 *Ca14-23 *Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 (388)
no star listed Ksora (20.1) γ Phoenicis (20.8), δ Phoenicis (21.5) no star listed
te honu kua heheu te henua te honu kau
October 10 11 12 (285) 13
Assarfa 3 4 5 6 (150)
Spica, Alcor (202.7) 71 Virginis (203.6) Heze (205.0) ε Centauri (206.3)
Almuqaddam 8 9 (333) 10 11
April 13 (104) 14 15 16 (472)
*Ca14-26 *Ca14-27 *Ca14-28 *Ca14-29 (392)
manu kake rua te henua te honu te rima
Achernar (23.3) no stars listed
October 14 15 16 17 (290)
Assarfa 7 8 9 10 (154)
no star listed τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5) ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3)

Then dawns a new year with Polaris and a host of other heliacal stars:

Almuqaddam 12 13 (337) Al Muakhar 1
April 17 (107) 18 19
Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3
E tupu - ki roto o te hau tea
Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), Sheratan, φ Phoenicis (27.4) no star listed Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2)
October 18 19 20 (293)
Assarfa 11 12 (156) 13
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9), Agena (212.1) 14h (213.1)
Thuban (212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1)

107 (April 17) + 260 = 367 = one more than 6 * 61.

The year beginning with April 17 is not like the Gregorian year. Instead it appears to be a twin year, where 365 is balanced by 260, because 365 + 107 + 260 = 732 = 12 * 61 = 392 (side a) + 348 (side b) - 8.

However, side a is beginning with Gregorian day 80 + 1 and therefore 740 = side a (285 + 107) + side b (260 + 88).

Then we can count 260 - 88 = 172 (equal to the distance from January 1 to the northern summer solstice) and 285 - 107 = 178 = 350 - 172.

107 + 88 = 13 * 15.

From the beginning of line Ca2 and the previous April 17 there are 366 (= 393 - 27) days, which can be explained by the insertion of the last 107 days in a leap year (including February 29):

Almuqaddam 10 11 (700) 12 (336)
April 15 16 (471) 17 (107)
Ca1-25 Ca1-26 Ca2-1 (27)
kiore ki te huaga kua moe ki te tai. Te heke
Achernar (23.3) no star listed Benetnash (208.5)
Polaris, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin, Mesarthim (27.2), Sheratan (27.4)
80 Ca1-1 283 Ca11-1 (285)
March 22 (81) December 31 (365)
365
59 Ca13-2 (345) 46 *Ca14-29 (392)
February 29 (60) April 16 (472)
107

Ca1-25--27 are possibly telling about the beginning of the Tree (Niu), with its Nut planted in the middle world, with Achernar (close to the tail of the Toucan) at bottom, and with Polaris as Ruler at the very top.

An imaginary line through Polaris down to Sheratan must once have marked right ascension 0h, but this was a long time ago, around Gregorian time zero (0 A.D.). If 24h should correspond to a full precessional cycle of ca 26,000 years, then 27 / 365¼ * 26,000 = 1,920 years.