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Below I have updated my table with the manzil names of Ibn 'Arab:

Manzil Begins on Number of days Stars
20 Al Na'am, The Ostriches 16 Jan (381) 13 257 Ascella & Nunki (ζ, ς Sagittarii) 287.9, 288.4
21 Al Baldah, The City 29 Jan (394) 13 270 Al Baldah (π Sagittarii) 290.1
22 Al Sa'ad al Dabih, The Fortune of the Slayers 11 Febr (407) 15 285 Dabih (β Capricorni) 308.1
23 Al Sa'ad al Bula, The Fortune of the Swallower 26 Febr (422) 13 298 Albali (ε Aquarii) 314.8
24 Al Sa'ad al Su'ud, The Fortune of the Fortunate 11 March (435) 13 311 Sadalsud (β Aquarii) 325.9
25 Al Sa'ad al Ahbiyah, The Fortune of the Hidden 24 March (448) 13 324 Sadachbia (γ Aquarii) 338.6
26 Al Fargh al Mukdim, The First Spout 6 April (461) 13 337 21°25'40" Aquarius  
27 Al Fargh al Thani, The Second Spout 19 April (474) 13 350 4°17'09" Pisces  
28 Al Batn al Hut, The Belly of the Fish 2 May (487) 15 365 17°08'34" Pisces  

In the days of Ibn 'Arab the RA dates would have been earlier than those in my table above, where they are approximations of those in rongorongo times.

Ibn 'Arab has the position 8°34'17" Aquarius for Sadachbia (γ Aquarii) and from there we can count:

21°25'40" - 8°34'17" = 21.428º - 8.571º = 12.857º, or approximately 13 days.

338.6 (Sadachbia) + 12.857º / 360º * 365¼ = 351.6 = 13.0 + 338.6.

The best numerical fit is φ Aquarii (352.0) and this is also the star closest to the ecliptic of the 3 possible alternatives:

Markab Pegasi α Pegasi 2.49 14° 56′ N 23h 02m 350.5 ACH
  π Cephei 4.41 75° 23′ N 23h 06m 351.6  
  φ Aquarii 4.22 06° 03′ S 23h 12m 353.0  
  ψ Aquarii 4.24 09° 05′ S 23h 13m 353.4  
  χ Aquarii 4.93 07° 44′ S 23h 14m 353.6  
  γ Tucanae 3.99 58° 14′ S 23h 15m 353.8  
  ο Cephei 4.75 68° 07′ N 23h 17m 354.3  
Kerb τ Pegasi 4.58 23° 28′ N 23h 18m 354.6  

The First Spout, Al Fargh al Mukdim, was probably ruled by φ Aquarii: