Once again, the Gregorian calendar appears to be
in the background of the text, and the beginning of side b could
be 6 days after April 11 - though I have so far assumed April 17
should be day 107 as in an ordinary Gregorian year - and not day
108 which would be the case if there was a February 29 to be
counted.
|
April 11 |
102 |
|
April 17 |
108 |
|
October 10 =
heliacal Spica (202.7) |
283
(= 102 + 181) |
|
April 11 |
467
(= 283 + 184) |
|
April 17 |
473 |
|
March 31 |
638
(= 467 + 171) = 365 + 273 |
|
April 17 (107) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o te hau tea |
ki te henua - te maro |
|
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2) |
2h (30.4) |
|
Polaris, Baten
Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin,
Mesarthim, ψ
Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
Alamak (29.7), κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal
(30.5) |
|
October 18
(291) |
19 |
20 |
21 |
|
φ
Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1) |
υ²
Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9),
Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5) |
14h (213.1) |
no star
listed |
|
Thuban
(212.8), χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent
(213.1) |
|
April 21 (111) |
22 |
23 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6 |
Cb1-7 (399) |
|
no star listed |
η Arietis (31.9) |
θ Arietis (33.3) |
Mira (33.7) |
|
October 22 (295) |
23 |
24 |
|
Svāti-15 /
Neck-2
/ A3 / T6 |
Al Ghafr-13 |
ψ
Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) |
|
Asellus
Tertius, κ
VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8),
15 Bootis (215.2)
ARCTURUS
(215.4), Asellus Secundus
(215.5) |
SYRMA,
λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8),
ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia
(216.4), υ Virginis (216.5) |
|
April 24 |
25 |
26 (116) |
27 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-8 |
Cb1-9 |
Cb1-10 |
Cb1-11
(403) |
|
ξ Arietis (35.0) |
no stars listed |
ν Arietis (38.5) |
|
October
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
28 |
|
Asellus
Primus (217.8), τ Lupi (218.1) |
φ Virginis
(218.7), σ Lupi (219.1), ρ
Bootis (219.5) |
Haris
(219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η
Centauri (220.4) |
ρ Lupi
(221.0), Toliman (221.2) |
|
rutua - te
pahu - rutua te maeva - atua
rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o
tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra
ma te hoi atua |
Anyhow, half a year counted
from April 17 (107 or 108) - 182½ days later
- was the day at the
other side of the year. 107 + 182½ = 289½
(October 16½). But I have instead worked
with October 18 (291 or 292). The reason was
that I had assumed the pattern 181 + 184 =
365 should rule.
I.e., from the heliacal
rising of a star to its nakshatra position
there should ideally be 184 days and from its
nakshatra position to its heliacal rising
there should be ideally 181 days. Summer north of
the equator is longer than winter, and
October 18 - April 17 = 184 days. And in a
year with 52 * 7 = 364 days summer should be
184 days. Furthermore - and my real
reason - there appears to be a pattern which
possibly originated from the pair Aldebaran
and Antares:
|
Date |
Heliacal star |
RA distance |
Nakshatra star |
|
March 26 (85) |
Ankaa (5.0) |
181.3 |
Chang Sha (186.3) |
|
κ Phoenicis (5.0) |
|
April 1 (91) |
η Andromedae (11.4) |
181.5 |
Mimosa (192.9) |
|
April 13 (103) |
Achernar (23.3) |
181.7 |
Heze
(205.0) |
|
April 17 (107) |
Sheratan (27.4) |
181.1 |
Benetnash (208.5) |
|
April 24 (114) |
Mira (33.7) |
181.1 |
κ
Virginis (214.8) |
|
May 26 (146) |
Ain (65.7) |
181.3 |
Heart (247.0) |
|
May 28 (148) |
Aldebaran (68.2) |
180.9 |
Antares (249.1) |
|
June 7 (158) |
Rigel (78.1) |
181.8 |
η
Scorpii (259.9) |
|
July 6 (187) |
Wezen (107.1) |
181.3 |
Nunki (288.4) |
|
July 26 (206) |
Avior (126.4) |
180.8 |
Gredi (307.2) |
|
August 21 (233) |
Regulus (152.7) |
181.9 |
Sadalmelik (334.6) |
|
September 4 (247) |
Dubhe (166.7) |
181.1 |
Fom-al-haut (347.8) |
|
181.6 |
Fum
al Samakah (348.3) |
From the Gregorian dates
(heliacal and nakshatra) the RA positions of
the stars will easily be given by
subtracting 80, e.g.:
|
April 17 (107 or 108) |
RA 27 |
ψ Phoenicis (27.2) |
|
October 18 (291 or 292) |
RA 211 |
φ
Centauri (211.0) |
Moving ahead from April
17 to October 18 means moving 184 days
ahead to a season which could be imagined
as the 'year in straw' north of the
equator and as the 'year in leaf' on
Easter Island - because if the nakshatra
view was adopted they could see Alamak
and Hamal close to the Full Moon and
conclude spring had arrived.
On the way to
October 18 we will
pass the pair Spica and Alcor:
|
165 |
October
10 |
11 |
12 (285) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-6
(569) |
Cb8-7 |
Cb8-8 |
|
vero hia |
tagata honui |
e ha mata |
|
Al Simak-12 /
Chitra-14 /
Horn-1 /
T3 |
71
Virginis (203.6) |
Heze (205.0) |
|
SPICA, Alcor (202.7) |
|
April 11 |
12 (468) |
13 (104) |
|
no stars listed |
|
October 13 |
14 |
15
(288) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-9 (572) |
Cb8-10 |
Cb8-11 |
|
te hokohuki - ma te maro |
te hokohuki ma te maro |
ka ke te manu ki te maro |
|
ε
Centauri (206.3) |
no
star listed |
τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash
(208.5) |
|
April 14 (105) |
15 |
16 (472) |
|
Achernar (23.3) |
no stars listed |
|
October 16 |
 |
|
Cb8-12 (575) |
| Te ariki |
|
ν
Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
|
April 17 (108) |
|
Al
Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
|
Polaris, Baten
Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9), Segin,
Mesarthim, ψ
Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
|
17
(290) |
18 |
19 |
October
20 |
21 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-13 |
Cb8-14 |
Cb8-15 |
Cb8-16 |
Cb8-17 (580) |
|
hokohuki |
te inoino |
te hokohuki |
te inoino |
te vai noho |
|
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0),
υ¹ Centauri (211.1) |
υ² Centauri
(211.8), τ Virginis (211.9), Agena (212.1). θ
Apodis (212.5) |
14h
(213.1) |
no star listed |
|
Thuban (212.8), χ
Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
|
April 18 |
19 |
20 (111) |
21 (477) |
22 |
|
ι Arietis
(28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis
(29.2) |
2h
(30.4) |
no star listed |
η Arietis (31.9) |
|
Alamak (29.7), κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal
(30.5) |
|
October 22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb8-18 |
Cb8-19 |
Cb8-20 |
Cb8-21 (584) |
Cb8-22 |
Cb8-23 |
|
te nuku |
te henua ma te nuku |
koia ia |
kua haga ia - kua huki |
koia ra - tona mea |
|
Svāti-15 /
Neck-2
/ A3 / T6 |
Al Ghafr-13 |
ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) |
Asellus Primus (217.8), τ Lupi (218.1) |
φ Virginis
(218.7), σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5) |
Haris (219.7). σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri
(220.4) |
|
Asellus Tertius,
κ VIRGINIS,
14
Bootis (214.8), 15 Bootis (215.2)
ARCTURUS (215.4),
Asellus Secundus (215.5) |
SYRMA,
λ Bootis (215.6),
η Apodis (215.8), ι Lupi,
18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ
Virginis (216.5) |
|
April 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (118) |
28 (484) |
|
θ Arietis (33.3) |
Mira (33.7) |
ξ Arietis
(35.0) |
no stars listed |
ν Arietis
(38.5) |
The date April 17 at
heliacal Sheratan appears once
again, but now not in heliacal
position but as the nakshatra view.
But the day number has now changed from
107 to 108.
575 (Cb8-12) - 393
(Cb1-1) = 182.
April 17 (473) -
April 17 (107) = 366. April 17 (473) - 365
= 108. Should I change April
17 from 107 to 108 at from Cb1-1?
For practical reasons I will not now
attempt to change the earlier day
numbers. However, it should be noted
that the very long and complex glyph
Cb1-6 carries 2 RA days, although
there is only 1 nakshatra view and
only single Gregorian dates:
|
April
22 |
|
|
|
Cb1-6 |
|
η Arietis (31.9) |
θ Arietis (33.3) |
|
October
23 |
|
Al Ghafr-13 |
|
SYRMA,
λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8),
ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia
(216.4), υ Virginis (216.5) |
For the
moment I cannot recall why I
decided to do so.
|