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'Half-submerged' glyphs occur also at the beginning of the last line of side a and at the end of the last line on side b:

Side a
Ca1-1--2 (beginning) Ca14-1--6 (beginning)
Side b
Cb1-23--24 (end) Cb14-17--20 (end)

Ca14-8 could be a special case:

March 19 20 21 (80) 22 23
*Ca14-1 *Ca14-2 *Ca14-3 *Ca14-4 *Ca14-5 (368)
Kua tupu te ata i te henua
ψ Pegasi (363.1), 32 Piscium (363.2), π Phoenicis (363.4) ε Tucanae (363.6), τ Phoenicis (363.9) Al Fargh al Thāni-25 ε Phoenicis (0.8) Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14
0h
Caph, SIRRAH (0.5) ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8), χ Pegasi (2.1)
September 19 20 21 22 (265) 23
ο Virginis (182.1) 12h (182.6) Minkar (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) Hasta-13 Zaniah (185.9), Chang Sha (186.3)
Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1) Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2)
March 24 25 26 (85) 27 28
*Ca14-6 *Ca14-7 *Ca14-8 *Ca14-9 (372) *Ca14-10
kua ruku te manu te kihikihi - te hoea te kihikihi - o te vai - te kihikihi te vero te henua
θ Andromedae (2.7), ζ Tucanae (3.5) π Tucanae (3.7) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) no star listed
Alphard (450)
September 24 25 (268) 26 27 28
Intrometida (187.4), Acrux (187.5) γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5)  Gacrux (188.7), γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5) Kraz (189.7), α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5) Al Áwwā'-11
Alderamin 635 χ Virginis (190.7), ρ Virginis (191.4), Porrima, γ Centauri (191.5)

Ca14-8 was where the pair of leading Phoenix stars rose with the Sun, and together with 0h in the center of the first 5 glyphs the perspective is surely 'beginning'.

The upside down hoea (in ashes, te kihikihi) should mean 'no longer darkness'.

367 26 15
Ca1-2 *Ca14-7 Cb1-5 Cb1-21 (413)

We have deduced the dark times could be stretching to the beginning of line Cb2, but the 10 glyphs at the beginning of line Ca14 could serve as an introduction to the change.

Or the change is beginning after 13 completed glyph lines and ending after 15 completed glyph lines.

We can imagine line Cb14 as the 13th on side b:

X-mas Eve (358) 90 March 25 (84) 26 (450) 27
Cb10-22 (644) Cb14-14 (735) Cb14-15 Cb14-16
kua vero tagata tui i tona ika manu puoko erua te manu
Tung Hae (277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4) π Tucanae (3.7) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)
Alphard (450)
June 26 (177) September 25 (268) 26 27
no star listed γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5)  Gacrux (188.7), γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5) Kraz (189.7), α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5)
Alderamin 635
March 28 29 30 (89)
Cb14-17 Cb14-18 Cb14-19 (740)
e noi koe te manu - kokoti hia te henua - tagata hakaitiiti - i te henua
no star listed Delta (8.4) Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9), ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae (9.1), Deneb Kaitos, η Phoenicis (9.4)
September 28 29 30 (273)
Al Áwwā'-11 β Muscae (192.5), Mimosa (192.9) no star listed
χ Virginis (190.7), ρ Virginis (191.4), Porrima, γ Centauri (191.5)

The end of side b evidently coincided with when the last day of September was close to the Full Moon.