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In G, we have seen, the triplet of Pleiades stars which rose with the Sun in May 16 (136) could have marked the 1st day of the new year.

366 - 136 = 230 (= the number of days on side a of the G tablet).

But if so, then the 5 preceding days could have been similar to the 5 black nights when Nut ('Night') gave birth, because Gb8-18 has the same type of manu rere as those birds at the Pleiades. The 6th and last of them is in Gb8-27 at 4h:

May 10 (130) 11 12
November 9 10 (314) 11
Gb8-17 Gb8-18 (460) Gb8-19
Algenib Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8) no stars listed
Alkalurops (233.1)

Gienah

Nusakan (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7) θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), Gemma, Zuben Elakrab, Qin, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8)
May 13 14 15 16 (136)
November 12 13 14 (318) 15
Gb8-20 Gb8-21 Gb8-22 (464) Gb8-23
no stars listed Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Legs-15
Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6) ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3)
TAU-ONO
φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)

Acrux

ι Serpentis (237.4),  γ Cor. Borealis (237.7), Unuk Elhaia (237.9) π Cor. Borealis, Cor Serpentis (238.1), Chow (238.6) κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, Tiānrǔ (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), Ba, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9)
May 17 18 19 (139)
November 16 17 18 (322)
Gb8-24 Gb8-25 Gb8-26 (468)
Menkhib (57.6) Zaurak (58.9) λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9)
β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8)

Porrima

Iklīl al Jabhah-15 / Anuradha-17 / Room-4  υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7)
ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Borealis (241.1), Zheng (241.2), VRISCHIKA (241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5), Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9)
May 20 21 22 23 (143)
November 19 20 (324) 21 22
Gb8-27 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (472)
4h (60.9) no star listed Beid (62.2) Al Dabarān-2
no star listed HYADUM I (63.4)
16h (243.5) ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5)

Vindemiatrix

Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)

Cor Caroli

The number of glyphs on the Tahua (A) tablet is 1334, which I have identified as the sum of 20 * 29 and 26 * 29, i.e. as 29 * 46:

59 520 752
Ab1-1 Ab7-26 Aa8-26
20 * 29 26 * 29
1334 = 29 * 46
viri
Viri

1. To wind, to coil, to roll up; he viri i te hau, to wind, coil a string (to fasten something). 2. To fall from a height, rolling over, to hurl down, to fling down. Viriviri, round, spherical (said of small objects). Viviri te henua, to feel dizzy (also: mimiro te henua). Vanaga.

To turn in a circle, to clew up, to groom, to twist, to dive from a height, to roll (kaviri). Hakaviri, crank, to groom, to turn a wheel, to revolve, to screw, to beat down; kahu hakaviri, shroud. Viriga, rolling, danger. Viriviri, ball, round, oval, bridge, roll, summit, shroud, to twist, to wheel round, to wallow. Hakaviriviri, to roll, to round; rima hakaviriviri, stroke of the flat, fisticuff. P Pau.: viriviri, to brail, to clew up; koviriviri, twisting. Mgv.: viri, to roll, to turn, to twist; viviri, to fall to the ground again and again in a fight. Mq.: vii, to slide, to roll, to fall and roll. Ta.: viri, to roll up, to clew up. Viritopa, danger. Mgv.: Viripogi, eyes heavy with sleep. Mq.: viipoki, swooning, vertigo. Churchill.

Viti: vili, to pick up fallen fruit or leaves ... In Viti virimbai has the meaning of putting up a fence (mbai fence); viri does not appear independently in this use, but it is undoubtedly homogenetic with Samoan vili, which has a basic meaning of going around; virikoro then signifies the ring-fence-that-goes-about, sc. the moon. In the Maori, aokoro is the cloud-fence ... Churchill 2.

In G the glyph with number 460 (= 10 * 46) was at May 11, where 12 days remained to number 472 (= 8 * 59). And 230 (days on side a) equals 5 * 46. Together this indicates the regular calendar could have stretched for 2 * 230 = 460 days.

In C the number of glyphs is 740, which possibly means the number of regular days could be 16 * 46 = 736.

Or if we assume the Tahua text has 2 glyphs per day, then the basic number could be 23 instead of 46:

59 520 752
Ab1-1 Ab7-26 Aa8-26
580 glyphs = 290 days 754 glyphs = 377 days

If the 'zero' day is not counted until the beginning of the next day, then this pattern also means that 23h becomes the maximum hour before 'midnight'. The 'First Point of Aries' is not at 24h but at 0h.

In C the number of regular days could then be 23 * 32 (i.e., 23 reversed) = 736.