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The 4 glyphs of midsummer are pairs:

Ardra 4 5 (66)   6 7
Albatain 8 9 (36) 10 11
June 20 21 (172) 22 23
Cb3-16 Cb3-17 Cb3-18 Cb3-19
henua kua hoi kua ka te ahi o te henua o te henua kua hoi ko te henua kua vero te ahi
 ν Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5) π Columbae (91.6), ξ Orionis (92.5)  Tejat Prior (93.4)  κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae
Mula 22 23 (250) Purva Ashadha 1 2
December 21 22 23 (357) 24
Akleel 10 11 12 13 (222)
π Pavonis (274.6), ι Pavonis (275.1) Polis (275.9) η Sagittarii (276.9), Kaus Medius, κ Lyrae (277.5) Tung Hae (277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3)

Although the daytime nakshatra Ardra continues uninterrupted, the signs of the night indicate a division. Mula is ending and the pair of Purva nakshatras are beginning.

Mula 23 was nakshatra day 250 which is 26 less than the number of the corresponding RA-day.

Although the last star of the Scorpion constellation, Apollyon (ι), was in RA-day 269 (December 15, 349), the Scorpion nakshatra could have continued for another week and ended with December 22 (= 12 * 22 = 264 or = 10 * 22 = 220):

19 Mula ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, and μ Scorpii Bunch of roots tied together, elephant goad
 
20 Purva Ashadha δ and ε Sagittarii = Kaus Medius and Kaus Australis Elephant tusk, fan, winnowing basket
21 Uttara Ashadha ζ and σ Sagittarii Elephant tusk, small bed

The form of an elephant tusk resembles that of a Moon crescent, but possibly also the pair of 'tusks' of an archer's bow:

The Bow of the Archer is like the relaxed Bow across the left thigh of the tumbling Hercules, which probably is a Sign indicating an antagonism between the autumn Archer and the spring Hercules:

Hercules had Corona Borealis while Sagittarius had Corona Australis.

To find the last star of Columbae (δ) we have to move 1 further day ahead.