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Half a year later means to go to the beginning of November, but then there appears to some kind of disorder:

October 28 29 30 31 (304) Nov 1 2
Cb8-24 Cb8-25 Cb8-26 Cb8-27 Cb8-28 Cb8-29 (592)
te maitaki kua hua te kahi te ahine poo puo ki te huaga ma te tara huki te kahi
ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2) π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9), 31 Bootis (222.0), Yang Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5) ο Bootis (222.9), Izar (223.0), α Apodis, 109 Virginis (223.3) Zuben Elgenubi (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) Kochab (225.0) Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4)
April 29 (485) 30 May 1 2 3 (123) 4 (490)
μ Arietis (39.4) Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8), ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2) Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 ς Arietis, τ² Eridani (41.7) ρ Arietis (43.0) Acamar (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7)
Right Wing (40.9), π Arietis (41.2),  Bharani (41.4)
April 30 May 1 2 3 (123)
Cb1-14 Cb1-15 Cb1-16 Cb1-17 (409)
koia kua huki e niu tu ki te ariki - e ka hua ra tona rima koia kua iri i ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea
Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8), ο Arietis (40.01),  Angetenar (40.2) Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 τ² Eridani. ς Arietis (41.7) ρ Arietis (43.0)
Right Wing (40.9), π Arietis (41.2),  Bharani (41.4)
October 31 November 1 2 3 (307)
Zuben Elgenubi (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) Kochab (225.0) Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4) Zuben Elakribi (226.8), ω Bootis (227.2), Nekkar (227.3)

Dates and stars seem to be in harmony, but instead of Bharani (41.4) at niu and May 1 (121) opposite to Kochab (225.0) in November 1 (305) - i.e. 184 days later - Bharani at Cb8-26 is in the nakshatra sky of October 30 (304).

This has apparently nothing to do with my mistake with 2 RA days at the complicted Ca1-6 (now corrected so Mira will be at Cb1-8)::

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)

From  April 22 (112) at Cb1-6 to November 1 (305) at Cb8-28 there were 305 - 112 = 193 days. From η Arietis (31.9) to Kochab (225.0) there were 193.1 days (a number which makes us remember July 12 when Castor rose with the Sun).

From October 23 (296) at Cb1-6 to May 3 (123) at Cb8-28 there were 123 + 365 - 296 = 192 days. If there was a February 29 between Cb1-6 and May 3 also this result would have been 193 days. And indeed we have assumed this was the case:

August 28 29 30 (242)
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)

February 29 at Cb6-20 has not been assigned any stars by me and therefore the difference between the nakshatra and heliacal stars here changed from 184 days to 183 days. After 4 years the star Matar was 1 day out of phase with the Gregorian calendar and this could be amended by the insertion of February 29.

Another possible cause for disturbance in the expected patterns could be how there appears to be a loss of 5 glyphs when the view is shifted:

... From heliacal Sheratan and nakshatra Arcturus 4 days later to nakshatra Revati and heliacal Spica 4 nights later there are 177 = 6 * 29½ glyphs:

Cb1-1 - April 17 (107) - Sheratan 176 Cb8-2 - April 7 (97) - Revati
Cb1-5 - October 22 (295) - Arcturus Cb8-6 - October 10 (283) - Spica
  6 * 29½ = 177

... By shifting the perspective from heliacal to nakshatra (Sheratan to Revati) or from nakshatra to heliacal (Arcturus to Spica) the time measure evidently is 177 nights, but counted in glyphs there are 5 missing:

Cb1-1 (393) 171 Cb8-2 (565)
Cb1-5 (397) Cb8-6 (569)
  172

The 'pillar' in the middle (Spica) was close to the equator of the sky, but maybe also located at the center of time. The 5 days preceding October 10 (where 8 * 10 = 80) could be outside the ordinary calendar (because 177 - 172 = 5) ...

It means we may have to revise our expectations. Measured in time from May1 to November 1 there are 184 days, but maybe measured in glyphs the distance could be 184 - 5 = 179.

591 (heliacal Kochab at Cb8-28) - 407 (nakshatra Kochab at Cb1-15) = 184 glyphs.

But 589 (nakshatra Bharani at Cb8-26) - 407 (heliacal Bharani at Cb1-15) = 182 glyphs.

However, I will not now attempt to solve this enigma, we should instead continue to pursue the line of investigation relating to February 29.