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: