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Maybe 13h is illustrated in *Ca14-16--17?

Saad Al Akhbia 6 7 8 9 (320) 10
March 29 30 31 (456) April 1 2 (93)
*Ca14-11 *Ca14-12 *Ca14-13 *Ca14-14 *Ca14-15 (378)
te heke te kihikihi o te henua - kua haga hia kua pua te vero
Delta (8.4) Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9), ξ Phoenicis (9.0), Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis (9.4) no star listed Achird (10.7), ρ Phoenicis (11.2) Cih (12.4)
September 29 30 (273) October 1 2 (640) 3
Azzubra 5 (136) 6 7 8 9
β Muscae (192.5)  Mimosa (192.9) ψ Virginis (194.5) Alioth (194.8), Minelauva (195.1), Cor Caroli (195.3) δ Muscae (196.5)
Saad Al Akhbia 11 (687) 12 (323)
April 3 (94) 4 (460)
*Ca14-16 *Ca14-17 (380)
te henua kiore - te henua
no stars listed
October 4 (277) 5
Azzubra 10 11 (142)
Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1) 13h (197.8)
ξ² Centauri (197.9), Apami-Atsa (198.5)

The great raaraa ('no Sun') glyph in *Ca14-16 must have some important meaning. If we should divide 687 (= 322 + 365) with 3 the result is 229 (= 365 - 136) equal to the number of days from the heliacal rising of Tau-ono in May 16 (136) to its culmination in December 31.

Should we let the year begin when Algenib Persei rose heliacally (in March 23), then April 1 would not be 91 - 80 = 11 days later than the beginning of the year and instead day 11 would be April 3:

Saad Al Saud 9 10 11 12 (310) 13
March 19 20 21 (81) 22 23 (448)
*Ca14-1 *Ca14-2 *Ca14-3 *Ca14-4 *Ca14-5 (368)
Kua tupu te ata i te henua
ψ Pegasi (363.1), π Phoenicis (363.4) τ Phoenicis (363.9) 0h ε Phoenicis (0.8) Algenib Pegasi (1.8), χ Pegasi (2.1)
Caph, Sirrah (0.5)
September 19 20 21 22 (265) 23
Dschuba 8 9 10 (128) 11 12
ο Virginis (182.1) 12h (182.6) Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), Gienah (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2) Zaniah (185.9), Chang Sha (186.3)
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1)
10 Saad Al Akhbia 11 (687) 12 (323)
April 3 (94) 4 (460)
*Ca14-16 *Ca14-17 (380)
te henua kiore - te henua
no stars listed
October 4 (277) 5
Azzubra 10 11 (142)
Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1) 13h (197.8)
ξ² Centauri (197.9), Apami-Atsa (198.5)

We cannot move 0h or 13h ahead with those 2 days which in rongorongo times Algenib Persei was too late in order to rise with the Sun. Such a move would destroy the fundamental web of time and the calendar makers cannot change Mother Nature. 1h should always be in April 5, because 1h / 24h * 365¼ = 15.2 days after 0h.

Thus the 15 glyphs from April 5 ought to describe the time from 1h:

*Ca14-18 *Ca14-19 *Ca14-20 (383)
April 5 (461) 6 7
*Ca14-21 *Ca14-22 *Ca14-23
April 8 9 (465) 10
*Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 *Ca14-26
April 11 12 13 (469)
*Ca14-27 *Ca14-28 *Ca14-29 (392)
April 14 15 16 (472)
Side b
Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3
April 17 (107) 18 19

Though it can be argued that too much staring at the Sun will make you blind. In April 8 (464) the glyph obviously describes a gap in the calendar and its position is 383½ = 13 * 29½. The pair of great half-cycles at left could represent 464 / 2 = 232 nights.

This great Moon cycle evidently ended after 464 nights counted from the March equinox while the Sun cycle ended after 364 days counted from January 1. 464 / 2 - 364 / 2 = 50.

2h / 24h * 365¼ = RA day 30.4 = Gregorian day 80 + 30 = 110 (April 20).

16 * 29½ = 472, but in *Ca14-29 the ½-glyph could alternatively refer to the equation 1½ * 314 = 371.  However, the figure could also illustrate the gap of 2 * 53 = 106 nights between 366 and 472. 472 - 53 = 419:

Gb7-8 (419) Gb7-9 Gb7-10 Gb7-11
Azmidiske (117.4)   no stars listed χ Carinae (119.9)
July 16 17 18 19 (200)
Heka 8 9 10 11 (64)
Heka 5 6 (59) 7 8
July 13 14 15 (196) 16
Ca5-9 Ca5-10 Ca5-11 (116) Ca5-12
te hokohuki erua te marama te maitaki
no star listed Markab Puppis (114.7), Procyon (114.9) σ Gemini (115.7), Pollux (116.2) Azmidiske (117.4)
Heka 9 (63) 11 12
July 17 18 19 20 (201)
Ca5-13 Ca5-14 Ca5-15 (120) Ca5-16
te henua kua haga te mea ke manu puoko i tona ahi kua heu te huki
no stars listed Drus (119.9) Naos (121.3)

In an ordinary year April 17 is day 107 and maybe side b is beginning with day 107 rather than with day 473 (= 108 + 365). The year which was ending in April 8 was a leap year and  the new Moon year ought to be an ordinary year.

Instead of 5 days of 'interregnum' (with Sun, Raa, hiding from death) the Moon (night) year could have had 8 nights of invisibility - for giving birth like when Nut had 5 such nights. But the Egyptians saw everything upside down and therefore they had 5 instead of 8 nights.

392 - 384 = 8. Then comes a raaraa night (393) and in the next day honu has regained his legs. In Cb1-3 the great hau tea has 'Janus eyes'. Moon here reaches RA night 395 (April 19). 80 + 395 = 475 = 19 * 25.

The number of glyphs on the Tahua tablet is 1334 = 46 * 29 and 46 * 10 = 460 (April 4 in a leap year).

752 59 520
Ab7-26 Aa8-26 Ab1-1
754 = 26 * 29 580 = 20 * 29
46 * 29 = 1334
Saad Al Akhbia 11 (687) 12 (323)
April 3 (94) 4 (460)
*Ca14-16 *Ca14-17 (380)
te henua kiore - te henua
no stars listed
October 4 (277) 5
Azzubra 10 11 (142)
Vindemiatrix (196.8), ξ¹ Centauri (197.1) 13h (197.8)
ξ² Centauri (197.9), Apami-Atsa (198.5)

1334 - 460 = 874 = 19 * 46 and 874 - 365 - 365 = 144 (May 24 in an ordinary year) = 94 (April 4 in an ordinary year) + 50, where 50 could be (464 - 364) / 2:

 
Gb8-22 (464) Gb8-23 Gb8-24 Gb8-25
Atiks, Rana (55.1), Celaeno, Electra, Taygeta (55.3) Maia, Asterope, Merope (55.6), Alcyone (56.1), Pleione, Atlas (56.3)  no star listed Menkhib (57.6)
May 15 16 17 (137) 18
14 (364) Alrescha 15 Sheratan 1 2
March 21 80 0
31 90 10
April 30 120 40
May 31 151 71
June 21 172 92
30 181 101
Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (472) Gb8-30 (1)
 4h (60.9) Beid (62.2) Hyadum I (63.4) Hyadum II (64.2)
 no star listed
May 21 22 23 24 (144)
Sheratan 5 6 7 8
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 (*68) Ga1-5 Ga1-6
no star listed  Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) no star listed  Aldebaran (68.2), Theemin (68.5)  no stars listed
May 25 26 27 28 29 30 (150)
Sheratan 9 10 11 12 13 14
Syrma 6 7 8 9 (192)
November 21 22 23 24 (328)
Ca9-17 Ca9-18 Ca9-19 Ca9-20 (248)
koia ku honui erua maitaki ko koe ra
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8), χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior (245.5) no star listed Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). ο Scorpii (246.8), σ Scorpii (247.0), Hejian (247.2) ψ Ophiuchi (247.7), ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5)
May 23 24 (144) 25 26
Sheratan 7 (372) 8 9 10
Hyadum I (63.4) Hyadum II (64.2) no star listed Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)