How about the Arab view - is the Pegasus Square a flying mat, a raft on the sea, a funeral cot, or something else entirely?
The fraction 0.4 for all the 9 first manazil suggest they belong together in a group:
| 1 |
Al Sharatain |
Pair of Signs |
β Arietis (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
- |
0 |
| 2 |
Al Dabarān |
Follower |
α Tauri (Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´, γ (Hyadum I), δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain) |
63.4 |
May 23 (143) |
36 |
36 |
| 3 |
Al Hak'ah |
White Spot |
λ Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ² |
84.4 |
June 13 (164) |
21 |
57 |
| 4 |
Al Han'ah |
Brand |
γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat Posterior), ν, η (Tejat Prior), ξ (Alzirr) |
93.4 |
June 22 (173) |
9 |
66 |
| 5 |
Al Dhirā' |
Forearm |
α Gemini (Castor), β (Pollux) |
113.4 |
July 12 (193) |
20 |
86 |
| 6 |
Al Nathrah |
Gap |
ε Cancri (Beehive) |
130.4 |
July 29 (210) |
17 |
103 |
| 7 |
Al Tarf |
End |
ξ Cancri, λ Leonis (Alterf) |
143.4 |
August 11 (223) |
13 |
116 |
| 8 |
Al Jabhah |
Forehead |
η Leonis (Al Jabhah), α (Regulus), ζ (Adhafera), γ (Algieba) |
152.4 |
August 20 (232) |
9 |
125 |
| 9 |
Al Zubrah |
Mane |
δ Leonis (Zosma), θ (Coxa) |
169.4 |
Sept 6 (249) |
17 |
142 |
The Forehead of the Lion, e.g., would have been visible in the winter night, not in summer, in February and not in August:
| August 17 |
18 (230) |
19 |
20 |
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| Cb6-8 |
Cb6-9 |
Cb6-10 |
Cb6-11 |
| kiore |
te hokohuki |
kua tu te rau hei |
te moko - te hokohuki |
| Ras Elaset Borealis (148.7) |
Tseen Ke (149.9), ν Leonis (150.1) |
π Leonis (150.6) |
Al Jabhah (10h,152.2) |
| υ² Hydrae (151.8), AL JABHAH (152.4) |
| February 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (416) |
| η Piscis Austrini (333.4) |
Kae Uh (334.0), Al Kurhah (334.4) |
22h (334.8) |
Woo (335.7), Baham, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8), ζ Cephei (336.2), λ Cephei (336.3) |
| Sadalmelik (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7), ι Pegasi (335.0), Alnair (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3) |
Similarly, Al Sa'd al Ahbiyah at the star Sadachbia (π Sagittarii) ought to be searched for in the night sky of August and not in February, and Castor would have crossed the meridian at midnight in August 23:
| August 21 |
22 |
23 |
24 (236) |
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 |
 |
| Cb6-12 |
Cb6-13 (520) |
Cb6-14 |
Cb6-15 |
| tu te rau hei |
ku hakahonui raua |
kiore |
| Maghā |
no star listed |
Adhafera, Tania Borealis, Simiram (154.7), Algieba, q Carinae (155.5) |
Tania Australis (156.0 |
| REGULUS (152.7), λ Hydrae (153.2) |
| February 21 |
22 (418) |
23 (Terminalia) |
24 (Bissextum) |
| -/270 Lac. (336.7), λ Piscis Austrini (336.8), ε Cephei (337.2), 1/325 Lac. (337.3), Ancha (337.4) |
α Tucanae (337.9), ρ Aquarii (338.2), 2/365 Lac. (338.5) |
Al Sa'ad al Ahbiyah / Shatabisha |
δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei (340.2), ζ Aquarii (340.4), Alrediph (340.5) |
| SADACHBIA (338.6), β/172 Lac. (339.2), 4/1100 Lac. (339.4), π Aquarii (339.5) |
Castor (419) |
Another group of manazil could have begun in January 5 and the fractions of its leading stars are not regular:
| 19 |
Al Baldah |
City |
π Sagittarii (Al Baldah) |
290.1 |
January 5 (370) |
|
263 |
| 20 |
Al Sa’d al Dhabih |
Lucky One of the Slaughterers |
α Capricorni (Gredi), β (Dabih) |
308.0 |
January 23 (388) |
18 |
281 |
| 21 |
Al Sa’d al Bula' |
Good Fortune of the Swallower |
ε Aquarii (Albali), μ, ν |
314.8 |
January 30 (395) |
7 |
288 |
| 22 |
Al Sa'd al Su'ud |
Luckiest of the Lucky |
β Aquarii (Sadalsud), ξ (Bunda), c (46) Capricorni |
325.9 |
February 10 (406) |
11 |
299 |
| 23 |
Al Sa'd al Ahbiyah |
Lucky Star of Hidden Things |
α Aquarii (Sadalmelik), γ (Sadachbia), ζ, η, π |
338.6 |
February 23 (419) |
13 |
312 |
Gregorian day 236 (= 8 * 29½) is August 24, and here the old Romans sometimes added Bissextum. But nowadays the leap night is February 29:
| August 25 (237) |
26 |
27 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb6-16 |
Cb6-17 |
Cb6-18 (525) |
| hokohuki |
te rau hei |
te moko e te hokohuki |
| μ Hydrae (157.1) |
no star listed |
Shir (158.9), p Carinae (159.3) |
| February 25 |
26 (422) |
27 |
| σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac. (340.9), α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5) |
υ Aquarii (341.9), η Aquarii (342.1) |
Situla (342.7), ε Piscis Austrini (343.5) |
| August 28 |
29 |
30 (242) |
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 |
 |
| Cb6-19 |
Cb6-20 |
Cb6-21 (528) |
| kua tupu te mea ke |
| φ Hydrae (160.3) |
no star listed |
Vathorz Posterior (162.1) |
| February 28 |
29 (425) |
March 1 |
| ο Pegasi (343.8), Matar (344.2) |
Leap night |
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1) |
Luckily this complicated time is jumped over in the Arabic structure and we can safely begin anew with manzil 24:
| 24 |
Al Fargh al Mukdim |
Fore Spout |
α Pegasi (Markab), β (Scheat) |
349¹ |
March 5 (429) |
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322 |
| 25 |
Al Fargh al Thāni |
Rear Spout |
γ Pegasi (Algenib), α Andromedae (Sirrah) |
0² |
March 21 (445) |
16 |
338 |
| 26 |
Al Batn Al Hūt |
Belly of the Fish |
β Andromedae (Mirach) |
16.0 |
April 6 (461) |
16 |
354 |
| 27 |
Al Thurayya |
Many Little Ones |
Messier 45 (Pleiades) |
56.3 |
May 16 (501) |
40 |
394 |
| 28 |
Al Butain |
The Bellies |
δ Arietis (Botein), ε, ρ³ |
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¹ Accoding to my model Markab rose heliacally in RA day 349.5 and Scheat in day 349.3, therefore I have assigned RA day 349 to the Fore Spout.
² Algenib ought to have risen with the Sun in RA day 1.8 and Sirrah in day 0.5. I have chosen to assign RA day 0 to the Rear Spout because it seema to agree with the idea of Sirrah as 'the navel of the mare'.
But a stronger argument is to look at the Gregorian day numbers and the differences between them; 16 + 16 + 42 = 72 (= 360 / 5). 354 (= 12 * 29½) could be a point from where to count.
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