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There are 21 glyphs in Ca5, i.e. the line covers 3 weeks. Below are the glyphs in the line together with the Gregorian dates but without the manzil dates (which I copied from Wikipedia). These manzil dates do not agree with the heliacal dates for the ruling stars, e.g.:

Sheratan (27.4 ) = April 17 (107) Sheratan 1 = May 17 (137)
Spica (202.7) = October 10 (283) Simak 1 = November 3 (307)

In astrology Aries is still connected with March and the Virgin still with September, although precession has moved all constellations a month ahead in the year. Logic then demands the month 'March' of the astrologers should be where we have April and Virgo where we have October.

If in our system Sheratan should rise in April 17, then the astrologers could have put the heliacal rising of Sheratan not in April but in May, because 'March' for them meant April and if we said Sheratan was rising in April, then they could have heard us state 'April', which for them meant our May.

Furthermore, I have also eliminated my Hindu lunar station 'dates', because I think the Hindu nakshatra system was never meant to be a calendar. Instead the structure appears to have incorporated such stars which (when close to the Full Moon) could be used for finding where Sun was in his journey around the year.

Pushya for instance, would have meant γ (Ascellus Borealis), δ (Ascellus Australis), and θ Cancri, which stars in rongorongo times began to rise heliacally in July 27 (208). The preceding Punarvasu referred to the Gemini twins and in July 12 (193) Castor was the first of them to rise with the Sun.

7 Punarvasu α GEMINI (CASTOR), β (POLLUX) Bow and quiver
8 Pushya θ CANCRI, γ (ASCELLUS BOREALIS), δ (ASCELLUS AUSTRALIS) Cow's udder, lotus, arrow and circle
9 Āshleshā δ HYDRAE, σ (AL MINHAR AL SHUJA), η, ε, ρ Serpent

When according to the nakshatra system θ Cancri was in the vicinity of the Full Moon it could be deduced that Sun was at the other side of the sky roof, i.e. at the heliacal stars which rose in Gregorian day 208 - 181 = January 27.

And if in the night of January 27 there happened to be a Full Moon which was visible, then the stars of Dhanishta (α - δ Delphini) would have been close to her. Prior to January 27 the lunar station was Sravana which had its stars (α, β, and γ Aquilae) near the Full Moon around the date January 14.

23 Sravana γ AQUILAE (TARAZED), α (ALTAIR), β (ALSHAIN) Ear or Three Footprints
24 Dhanishta ε DELPHINI (ROTTEN MELON), β (ROTANEV), α (SVALOCIN), δ, γ Drum or flute

I have here used CAPITAL LETTERS for stars which were used by the Hindu in nakshatra fashion.

The Arabic manazil stations of special interest in line Cb5 (July - August) were Al Nathrah and Al Tarf with stars rising heliacally, respectively (in the night) Al Sa’d al Dhabih and Al Sa’d al Bula':

3 Al Hak'ah λ Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ² White Spot
4 Al Han'ah γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat Posterior), ν, η (Tejat Prior), ξ (Alzirr) Brand
5 Al Dhirā' α Gemini (Castor), β (Pollux) Forearm
6 Al Nathrah ε Cancri (Beehive) Gap
7 Al Tarf ξ Cancri, λ Leonis (Alterf) End (Glance)
19 Al Baldah π Sagittarii City
20 Al Sa’d al Dhabih α Capricorni (Gredi), β (Dabih) Lucky One of the Slaughterers
21 Al Sa’d al Bula' ε Aquarii (Albali), μ, ν Good Fortune of the Swallower

And there were also the Chinese lunar stations to consider:

20 Turtle λ Orionis (Heka) Monkey
21 Three Stars ζ Orionis (Alnitak) Gibbon
22 Well μ Gemini (Tejat Posterior) Tapir
23 Ghost α Gemini (Castor) (?) Goat
24 Willow δ Hydrae Stag
7 Winnowing Basket γ Sagittarii (Nash) Leopard
8 South Dipper φ Sagittarii (?) Unicorn
9 Ox Herd Boy β Capricornii (Dabih) Buffalo
10 Girl ε Aquarii (Albali) Bat

I have included the Chinese Willow respectively Ox / Herd Boy and Girl at what I guess are their correct places in the line, which is beginning with a great ragi glyph:

July 20 21 (202) 22
Cb5-1 Cb5-2 (488) Cb5-3
Te ragi tagata - ragi kua hakagana - ki te maro
Naos (121.3), ρ Puppis (122.0) 8h (121.7) Regor (122.7), Tegmine (123.3)
Heap of Fuel (122.1)
January 20 (385) 21 22
Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4)  ξ Capricorni (305.8) Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5)
July 23 24 25 (206) 26
Cb5-4 Cb5-5 Cb5-6 Cb5-7 (493)
tagata mau matagi ihe toga maa ura hia tagata maú kihikihi erua
Al Tarf (124.3) Bright Fire (125.4) Avior (126.4) ο Ursa Majoris (127.4)
January 23 24 25 (390) 26
Al Sa’d al Dhabih / Ox Herd Boy Peacock (308.7) Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9), ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5) Dhanishta
Alshat (307.9), Dabih (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1),  Sadir (308.4) ROTTEN MELON, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4)

Only 2 days after θ Cancri - and a day earlier than the Ascelli pair - rose the first stars of Āshleshā (marked by δ, ε, η, ρ, and σ Hydrae):

July 27 28 29 (210) 30 31
Cb5-8 Cb5-9 (495) Cb5-10 Cb5-11 Cb5-12
te hoko huki kua kake te manu  puoko erua E nuku mata te kihikihi o te ariki - te hokohuki te hau tea
Pushya no star listed Āshleshā / Al Nathrah / Willow ASCELLUS BOREALIS (130.9), η HYDRAE (131.0), ACELLUS AUSTRALIS (131.4) Koo She (131.6), ε HYDRAE (131.9), ι Cancri (132.0), ρ HYDRAE (132.4)
θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5 π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ HYDRAE (129.6), AL MINHAR AL SHUJA, Museida (129.9), Beehive (130.4), Xestus (130.5)
January 27 28 (393) 29 (*314) 30 31
ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7), ROTANEV, ι Delphini (312.3) θ Delphini, τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7),  SVALOCIN, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8), Deneb Cygni (313.5) δ DELPHINI (313.8), β Pavonis (313.6), Yue (314.3), Gienah Cygni, η Cephei (314.5) Al Sa’d al Bula' / Girl Baten Algiedi (315.8), μ Aquarii (316.0)
γ DELPHINI (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), Albali (314.8)
August 1 2 3 4 (216) 5
Cb5-13 Cb5-14 (500) Cb5-15 Cb5-16 Cb5-17
te moa te maitaki te henua e gagata tu ki te huaga
no star listed ζ Hydrae (134.1) Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0)  ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6), ν Cancri (136.0), Talitha Australis (136.1) 9h (137.0)
ω Hydrae (136.8), σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), Alsuhail (137.5)
February 1 2 3 4 (400) 5
no star listed ε Equulei (317.8) Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3)  21h (319.6) γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8)
χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3)
August 6 7 8 (220) 9
Cb5-18 Cb5-19 Cb5-20 (506) Cb5-21
koia ra kua mau ki toona mea erua rima noho i te harepure rima ma te hua  e ariki erua
Al Tarf Miaplacidus (139.3) Tureis (139.8), Markab Velorum (140.5) no star listed
σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8)
February 6 7 (403) 8 9
δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8), Kitalpha (322.0) Alderamin (322.9), Dai (323.5) β Equulei (323.8), γ Pavonis (324.1) Yan (324.6)

To distinguish the not visible daytime stars on one hand from those in the night on the other, I have marked the names of the latter black. But I have redmarked such stars which are mentioned with the lunar stations.