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The September equinox coincided with the heliacal rising of the bright (-0.94) Gienah (γ Corvi), which determined the 13th Hindu station Hasta (the Hand):

September 22 23 24 25 (268)
Cb7-15 Cb7-16 (552) Cb7-17 Cb7-18
te hokohuki e haga o rave hia te rau hei te hoko huki - ma te huaga
Hasta-13 Zaniah (185.9), Chang Sha (186.3) Intrometida (187.4), Acrux (187.5) γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5)
Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9), GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2)
March 24 25 (450) 26 27
θ Andromedae (2.7), ζ Tucanae (3.5) π Tucanae (3.7) Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)

The 'fruits' hanging in front in Cb7-18 probably motivated Metoro's ma te huaga, which perhaps should be translated as with (ma) the (te) place (-ga) of offspring (hua). He may have been inspired by the Phoenix stars at RA 5.0:

Metoro's words e haga o rave hia could have been an effort to express the idea of a grasping ('biting', rave) hand in the west (Chikin) located at the September equinox:

Rave

Ta.: Rave, to take. Sa.: lavea, to be removed, of a disease. To.: lavea, to bite, to take the hook, as a fish. Fu.: lave, to comprehend, to seize. Niuē: laveaki, to convey. Rar.: rave, to take, to receive. Mgv: rave, to take, to take hold; raveika, fisherman. Ma.: rawe, to take up, to snatch. Ha.: lawe, to take and carry in the hand. Mq.: ave, an expression used when the fishing line is caught in the stones. Churchill 2.

LAWA, v. Haw., to work out, even to the edge or boundary of a land, i.e., leave none uncultivated, to fill, suffice, be enough.

Sam., lava, be enough, to complete; adj., indeed, very. Tah., rava-i, to suffice. N. Zeal., rava-kore, lit. 'not full', poor. Fiji., rawa, accomplish, obtain, possess.

Sanskr., labh, lambh, to obtain, get, acquire, enjoy, undergo, peform; lábha, acquisition, gain; rabh, to seize, to take. Lith., loba, the work of each day, gain, labour; lobis, goods, possessions; pra-lobti, become rich; api-lobe, after work, i.e., evening.

A. Pictet refers the Lat. labor, work, to this same family, as well as the Irish lobhar and the Welsh llafur. He also, with Bopp and Benfey, refers the Goth. arbaiths, labour, work, to the Sanskr. rabh = arb, as well as the Anc. Slav., rabu, a servant. Russ., rabota, labour. Gael., airbhe, gain, profit, product.

This Polynesian lawa is doubtless akin to

LAWE, v. Haw., to carry, bear, take from out of; lawe-lawe, to wait upon, to attend on, serve, to handle, to feel of; adj. pertaining to work. Tah., rave, to receive, to take, seize, lay hold of; s. work, operation; rave-rave, a servant, attendant. Rarot., Paum., rave, id. Sam., lave, to be of service; lave-a, to be removed, of a disease; lavea'i, to extricate, to deliver. Fiji., lave, to raise, lift up. Malg., ma-lafa, to take, seize; rava, pillage, destruction. Sunda., rampok, theft. Mal., rampas, me-rabut, take forcibly. Motu (N. Guinea), law-haia, to take away.

Sanskr., labh, rabh, see previous word, 'Lawa'. Greek, λαμβανω, έλαβον, take hold of, seize, receive, obtain; λημμα, income, gain; λαβη, λαβις, grip, handle. Lat., labor, work, activity; perhaps also Laverna, the goddess of gain or profit, the protectress of thieves; rapio, rapax.

Goth., raupjan, to reap, pluck; raubon, to reave, rob. Sax., reafian, take violently. Pers., raftan, to sweep, clean up; robodan, to rob. Lith., ruba, pillage; rûbina, thief. (Fornander)

... The manik, with the tzab, or serpent's rattles as prefix, runs across Madrid tz. 22 , the figures in the pictures all holding the rattle; it runs across the hunting scenes of Madrid tz. 61, 62, and finally appears in all four clauses of tz. 175, the so-called 'baptism' tzolkin.

It seems impossible, with all this, to avoid assigning the value of grasping or receiving. But in the final confirmation, we have the direct evidence of the signs for East and West. For the East we have the glyph Ahau-Kin, the Lord Sun, the Lord of Day; for the West we have Manik-Kin, exactly corresponding to the term Chikin, the biting or eating of the Sun, seizing it in the mouth ...

The unlucky number 13 is represented not only in the ordinal number for the Hasta station but also in my example of the Mayan Chikin glyph, where we can count to 13 notches at left.

Megrez is δ Majoris, at the last corner of the quadrangle:

The distance from the March equinox to the September equinox is not the same as that from the September equinox to the March equinox, because summer is longer north of the equator:

185 March 21 (80) northern summer
September 22 (265) 180
southern summer March 21 (445)

Although the exact dates vary from year to year the above is what I have perceived was the idealized Gregorian structure. 185 = 5 * 37 and 180 = 5 * 36.

Metoro could have suggested this is the final station of the northern summer Sun, in his comment e haga o rave hia - this (e) as the bay (haga) of (o) 'biting' (rave) counts (hia).

Counting (hia) from the beginning of side b the glyph is number 552 - 392 = 160 (= 2 * 80). Gregorian day 160 is June 9, where the first rau hei in the text arrives in front:

June 6 (157) 7 8
Ca4-1 (77) Ca4-2 Ca4-3
kua tupu te rakau kua tupu - te kihikihi te hau tea
 λ Eridani (76.7) μ Leporis (77.6), ĸ Leporis (78.0), Rigel (78.1), Capella (78.4) ο Columbae (78.8)
December 4 (338) 5 6
no stars listed Sabik (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9), Nodus I (260.0)
June 9 (160) 10 11 12 (528)
Ca4-4 (80) Ca4-5 Ca4-6 Ca4-7
tagata - te rau hei te hokohuki i te moko te rau hei e gagata hakaariki
 λ Leporis (79.6) A9 Nihal (81.7), Mintaka (82.4)
Al Hak'ah-3 / Mrigashīrsha-5 / Turtle-20
Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (80.7), ELNATH (80.9) ε Columbae (82.6), Arneb (83.0), φ¹ Orionis (83.1), HEKA (83.2)
December 7 8 9 10 (344)
π Herculis (260.7), Ras Algethi (260.8), Sarin (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4) ξ, θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι  Apodis (262.2) ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9), β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5) σ Ophiuchi (263.6)
June 13 14 15 16 17 (168)
Ca4-8 Ca4-9 Ca4-10 Ca4-11 Ca4-12
manu te rau hei te hokohuki te moko te hokohuki
Hatysa (83.5), φ² Orionis (83.6), Alnilam (83.7), Heavenly Gate, ν Columbae (84.0) Three Stars-21 γ Leporis (85.9), μ Columbae (86.1), Saiph (86.5) ζ Leporis (86.6) Ardra-6 / T8
Alnitak, Phakt (84.7) Wezn (87.6), δ Leporis (87.7), Tze (87.9), BETELGEUZE (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5)
December 11 12 13 14 15 (349)
Al Shaula-17 / Mula-19 Kuma (265.6), σ Arae (265.9), Ras Alhague (266.1), Sargas (266.3), μ Ophiuchi, π Arae (266.5)  Nan Hae (266.6), ι Herculis (266.9), λ Arae (267.1) Girtab, ο Serpentis (267.6), Kelb Alrai, μ Arae (268.1) Kew Ho (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7), Apollyon (268.9), Muliphen (269.0), Basanismus (269.5)
Lesath, δ Arae (264.7), Choo (264.9), Alwaid, Maasym (265.1), SHAULA (265.3)

Rau hei and moko in the weeks before the northern midsummer could be connected with Heka and its ominous influence.

In the nights of June the tail of the Scorpion with its Sting could be observed close to the Full Moon, reflecting the predicament of the Sun.

A new King had to be inaugurated (hakaariki) because the solstice would be lethal.

"Amongst authors in Antiquity, the tiny Limia River between Northern Portugal and Galicia (Spain) was said to have the same properties of memory loss as the legendary Lethe River, being mistaken by it. In 138 BC, the Roman general Decimus Junius Brutus sought to dispose of the myth, as it impeded his military campaigns in the area. He was said to have crossed the Limia and then called his soldiers on the other side, one by one, by name. The soldiers, astonished that their general remembered their names, crossed the river as well without fear. This act proved that the Limia was not as dangerous as the local myths described." (Wikipedia)

There are 3 days from day 160 (June 9) to June 12 (day 528 = 2 * 264 = 392 + 136), and 528 - 160 = 368 (January 3).

And if we should count (hia) 3 days ahead from e haga o rave hia we must look at Cb7-19. See next page.