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Line Cb2 should also contain references to the 4th Hindu station, Rohini, ruled by Aldebaran. And here we can count with 13 days as the distance from the 1st day of the Pleiades:

1 Ashvini β and γ Arietis Horse's head 27
wife of the Ashvins Sheratan and Mesarthim April 17
2 Bharani 35, 39, and 41 Arietis Yoni, the female organ of reproduction 41 = 27 + 14
the bearer  Musca Borealis May 1
3 Krittikā M 45 Tauri Knife or spear 55 = 41 + 14
the nurses of Kārttikeya The Pleiades May 15
4 Rohini α Tauri Cart or chariot, temple, banyan tree 68 = 55 + 13
the red one Aldebaran May 28

Aldebaran is a red star and the banyan is a remarkable tree, especially when old:

Possibly the World Tree when old was imagined as a great 'banyan'. The glyph type niu could then correspond not only to the World Tree in flower (e.g. the Oak or the Ceiba), but also to the Banyan - the World Tree like a hollow old 'mountain':

Sheratan 2 3 4
May 18 19 20 (140)
Cb2-8 Cb2-9 Cb2-10
Niu moe te goe
Menkhib (57.6) Zaurak (58.9), λ Tauri (59.3) ν Tauri (59.9)
November 18 19  20 (324)
Syrma 3 4 5 (188)
Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9), υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5) ξ Scorpii (242.7), Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5) 16h (243.5)
Marfik Herculis (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)

The stars λ and ν Tauri have been assigned such Greek letters which - based on their bronze-age predecessors - evidently were symbolizing a dark time, i.e. when Old Sun was 'looming ahead' (ν) or was hidden (λ) under a cloth (Egypt) - or under a tripod cooking bowl (Arabia).

Mago in Gb2-10 could refer to Antares, which in the night was seen at the other end of the sky, but Metoro said the glyph referred to 'the Milky Way' (Goe), which was 'reclining' (moe), as if in 'repose':

Goe

Milky Way. Vanaga.

Moe

To sleep, to lie at full length, to dream, to brood, to place, to cohabit; moe atu, to leave off, to desist; moe atu ra, to adjourn, to postpone; moe hakahepo, to talk in the deep; moe aherepo, somnambulist, sleepwalker; moe hakataha, to sleep on the side; moe no, to oversleep, concubinage; moe tahae, to be a light sleeper; moe tahaga, a sleeper; moe vaeahatu, moe hakaroa, to sleep sprawling; rava moe, to sleep sound; ariga moe ki raro, to lie flat on the ground; tae moe, bachelor; hakamoe, to brood, to fold the wings; to reserve, to lay up; to struggle. P Pau.: moe, sleep. Mgv.: moe, sleep, to lie down, coitus, to shut the eyes. Mq.: moe, to sleep, to lie down; haámoe, to set down on the ground. Ta.: moe, to sleep, to lie down. Moea raruga, lying flat. Moeaivi, thin. Mq.: ivi, haáivi, id. Ta.: ivi, id. Moega, mat. Pau.: moehega, bed. Mgv.: moega, a sleeping mat. Mq.: moena, moeka, mat, floor cloth, bed. Ta.: moea, bed. Moemata, to sleep with the eyes open; mea moemata, phantom. Moemoea, a dream, vision; tikeahaga moemoea, apparition by night. T Mgv., Mq., Ta.: moemoea, dream. Churchill.

Mgv. Moemoe, to steal, to purloin at a food distribution. Mq.: moemoe, to seize, to grasp. Churchill.

Ta.: 1.  Moemoe, ambush. Ha.: moemoe, id. 2. Moemoe, Phyllanthus simplex. To.: mohemohe, a tree. Churchill.

Mq.: Moehu, exiled, banished, prisoner of war. Ma.: morehu, a survivor. Churchill.

Marfik ('the Elbow') is κ at the right elbow of Hercules and this star should be added to my κ table:

Tejat Prior (η Gemini) 0.2 κ Aurigae (93.6)
...
    κ Velorum (141.5)
    κ Leonis (141.6)
...
Acrab (β Scorpii) 0.2 κ Herculis (243.5)
η Sagittarii 0.6 κ Lyrae (277.5)
Gredi (α Capricorni) 0.9 κ Sagittarii (308.1)
Bunda (ξ Aquarii) 1.2 κ Capricorni (328.7)
    κ Aquarii (342.7)
Revati (ζ Piscium) 0.7 κ Tucanae (17.6)
 
Algol (β Persei) 0.3 κ Persei (46.2)

Possibly Acrab could be the reason why there is a mago in Cb2-10. This star is represented in the 17th Hindu station:

14 Chitra α Virginis Bright jewel or pearl
15 Svāti α Bootis Shoot of plant, coral
16 Visakha α, β, γ and ι Librae Triumphal arch, potter's wheel
17 Anuradha β, δ, and π Scorpii Triumphal archway, lotus
18 Jyeshtha α, σ, and τ Scorpii Circular amulet, umbrella, earring
19 Mula ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, and μ Scorpii Bunch of roots tied together, elephant goad

However, my κ stars are (unless the figure is upside down) at the end of a constellation, while the preceding star which is rising only a little earlier in another constellation - or at least in another asterism (e.g. Algol) - should be at the beginning of the new constellation.

As Hevelius has drawn it there could alternatively - and more likely -.be a 'companion' star for Marfik at the head of the Serpent and I need to update my star list with more stars in this constellation. But that must wait until later.

17h (Anuradha) - 12h = 5h instead of the expected 4h (as in the 4th Hindu station) and the constellation at the other end of the sky should therefore not be Scorpio but Libra. This constellation would be quite in harmony with the balanced state of the watery mirror of the 'Old Loon'. The quiet surface for gliding softly across the water resembles the necessarily quiet state of the horizontal beam of a balance.