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The mouth of the fish (Fomalhaut) - which in Roman times rose with the Sun in day 400 - came 33 days after Albali (314), which resembles the ideal Hawaiian measure of 33 days from the reappearance of the Pleiades to the kali'i battle:

... in the ceremonial course of the coming year, the king is symbolically transposed toward the Lono pole of Hawaiian divinity ... It need only be noticed that the renewal of kingship at the climax of the Makahiki coincides with the rebirth of nature. For in the ideal ritual calendar, the kali'i battle follows the autumnal appearance of the Pleiades by thirty-three days ...

The reappearance should be 16 days after the heliacal position and therefore we ought to count 367 ('January 2) - 16 = 351 ('December 17). The glyph text indeed indicates we have followed the path of truth correctly. This was where the Front of the Mouth of the Twins, the 8th Babylonian ecliptic station Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu was close to the Full Moon and at the time of the Hyades Gate it was the π day (NOVEMBER 10):

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Gb1-1 (230) Gb1-2 Gb1-3 Gb1-4 Gb1-5
NOVEMBER 6 (310) 7 8 9 π
Deneb Okab (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9) ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), Albireo (295.5) μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9) ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), Sham (297.8) β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8)
January 9 10 11 12 378 (Saturn)
Lucia 'December 14 15 16 (350) 17
"November 29 30 "December 1 336 = 12 * 28 3
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MAY 8 (493)   9 10 (130) 11 12
Ghost-23 Al Dhirā'-5 / Punarvasu-7 ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) Mash-mashu-arkū-12
ρ GEMINI (112.1), Eskimo Nebula (112.2)

Antares

CASTOR (113.4) υ Gemini (114.0), Markab Puppis (114.7),ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON (114.9) κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX (116.2), π Gemini (116.9)
July 11 12 (193) 13 14 15
'June 14 15 16 17 (168) 18
"May 31 "June 1 2 3 (154) 4
30
Gb1-20 Gb1-21 (250) Gb1-22
NOVEMBER 25 (329) 26 27
Deneb Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8) Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 / Dhanishta-24 / Girl-10 Baten Algiedi (315.8)
Yue (314.3), Gienah Cygni, η Cephei (314.5), γ Delphini (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), ALBALI (314.8)

Betelgeuze

January 28 29 30 (395)
'January 1 2 3 (368)
"December 18 19 20 (354)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MAY 27 28 (148) 29
Extended Net-26a / Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu-13 ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4) no star listed (133)
η Hydrae (131.0), Ascellus Australis (131.4), Koo She (131.6), ε HYDRAE (131.9)
July 30 31 (212) August 1
'July 3 4 (185) 5
"June 19 20 (171) solstice
Gb2-27 Gb2-28 (54) Gb2-29 Gb2-30 (285) Gb2-31
DECEMBER 28 29 30 (364) 31 JANUARY 1
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4), Fomalhaut, τ Gruis (347.8) Fum al Samakah (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9) Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 / Purva Bhādrapadā-26 / House-13 23h (350.0)
Scheat Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis (349.4), MARKAB PEGASI (349.5) υ, θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei (350.6), ι Gruis (350.9)
March 2 3 4 (428) 5 (64) 6
'February 3 4 (400) 5 (36) 6 7
"January 20 21 22 23 (388) 24
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JUNE 29 30 JULY 1 (182) 2 3
no star listed (164)

Altair

Wings-27 ANA-TIPU 11h (167.4)  Al Sharas (168.6)
ALKES (165.6) Merak (166.2), DUBHE (166.7) χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3)
September 1 2 3 4 5 (248)
'August 5 6 7 8 (220) 9
7-22 23 "July 24 25 26 (207)

Another 'mouth of the fish' rose in the night after Fomalhaut, viz. Fum Al Samakah, the first Greek lettered star in Pisces (significantly not a male α but a female β):

Egyptian house Phoenician beth Greek beta Β (β)

... Like the names of most other Greek letters, the name of beta was adopted from the acrophonic name of the corresponding letter in Phoenician, which was the common Semitic word *bayt ('house').

In the system of Greek numerals beta had a value of 2.

Inside the 'aquarium' between Markab (α) and Algenib (γ), was first Kerb (τ, tau) together with υ, later followed by the stars φ and ψ:

 
Gb2-32 Gb2-33 Gb2-34 Gb2-35 Gb3-1
JANUARY 2 3 4 5 (370) 6
Simmah (351.7) φ Aquarii (352.0), ψ Aquarii (352.4), χ Aquarii (352.6), γ Tucanae, φ Gruis (352.8) ο Cephei (353.3), Kerb (353.6) κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ Pegasi (354.9) ο Gruis, Snowball Nebula (355.0)
March 7 8 (432) 9 (68) 10 11
'February 8 9 (40) 10 11 12 (408)
"January 25 26 27 (392) 28 29
NAKSHATRA DATES:
JULY 4 5 (186) 6 7 8
Al Zubrah-9 / Purva Phalguni-11 φ Leonis (170.0), Alula (170.5), Labrum (170.6) σ Leonis (171.1), λ Crateris (171.6), ι Leonis, ε Crateris (171.9) γ Crateris, π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5), τ Leonis (172.8)

Gredi

ο¹ Centauri (173.8)
Zosma (169.2), COXA (169.4)
September 6 7 (250) 8 9 10
'August 10 (222) 11 12 13 14 (*146)
"July 27 28 29 (210) 30 31
    Phoenician waw Greek upsilon Υ(υ)

... Upsilon (uppercase Υ, lowercase υ; Greek: ύψιλον, ýpsilon ... is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, Υ has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw ... Waw (wāw 'hook') is the sixth letter of the Semitic abjads ...

... Upsilon is known as Pythagoras' letter, or the Samian letter, because Pythagoras used it as an emblem of the path of virtue or vice. As the Roman writer Persius wrote in Satire III:

and the letter which spreads out into Pythagorean branches has pointed out to you the steep path which rises on the right.

Lactantius, an early Christian author (ca. 240 - ca. 320), refers to this:

For they say that the course of human life resembles the letter Y, because every one of men, when he has reached the threshold of early youth, and has arrived at the place 'where the way divides itself into two parts', is in doubt, and hesitates, and does not know to which side he should rather turn himself´...

... The name Salm (for τ Pegasi, Kerb) is also the name of the eldest son of king Fereydun, another name of which was Apam Napat ('Son of Waters'):

Salm is a character in the Persian epic Shahnameh. He is the oldest son of [the] legendary hero and king Fereydun. It is believed that his name was given to him by his father, after Salm chooses to seek safety and run instead of fighting the dragon that had attacked him and his brothers (the dragon was Fereydun himself who had disguised himself to test his sons) ... When Fereydun decides to divide his kingdom among his sons, he gives Salm [the timid unmanly one] Anatolia and West [the female side of the kingdom] ... Fereydūn ... [is] also called Apam Napat, 'Son of the Waters' ...

... τ, 4.5, with ν, was Al Sufi's Sa'd al Na'amah, which Knobel thinks should be Al Na'āim, the Cross-bars over a well; but they also were known as Al Karab, the Bucket-rope. The usual titles for τ - Markab and Sagma or Salma - are from Bayer, but the last two should be Salm, a Leathern Bucket ...

The rising fish in Gb2-33 should be compared with those in Ga2-13 and Ga3-15 (245 respectively 214 days earlier than Gb2-33):

 
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Ga2-13 Ga2-14 Ga2-15 Ga2-16 (36) Ga2-17
MAY 3 4 5 (*45) 6 (126) 7
Wezen (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) no star listed (108) λ Gemini (109.4), Wasat (109.8) no star listed (110) Aludra (111.1), Propus (111.4),  Gomeisa (111.6)
July 6 7 8 9 10 (191)
'June 9 (*80) 10 11 12 13 (*84)
"May 26 27 28 29 30 (150)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
NOVEMBER 2 3 4 (308) 5 6 (*230)
Al Baldah-19 Aladfar (291.1), Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6) Deneb Okab (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9)
AL BALDAH, Alphekka Meridiana (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)
January 5 6 7 (372) 8 9
'December 9 10 (344) 11 (*265) 12 Lucia
"November 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27 28 29
Ga3-10 Ga3-11 Ga3-12 Ga3-13 (72) π Ga3-15 Ga3-16
MAY 29 30 (150) 31 JUNE 1 2 3 4
no star listed (133) ζ Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri (134.2), ο Cancri (134.6) ACUBENS, Talitha Borealis (135.0), σ Cancri (135.2), ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6) ν Cancri (136.0), Talitha Australis (136.1), ω Hydrae (136.8) 9h (137.0) no star listed (138) π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8)
σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4), Alsuhail (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8)
August 1 2 3 4 (216) 5 6 7
'July 5 6 7 8 9 10 (*111) 11 (192)
Solstice "June 22 23 St John's Eve 25 26 (177) 27
NAKSHATRA DATES:
NOVEMBER 28 29 30 DECEMBER 1 2 (336) 3 4
μ Aquarii (316.0) ε Equulei (317.8) no star listed (318) 21h (319.6) χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8) δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9)
Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo (319.7)
January 31 February 1 (32) 2 3 4 (400) 5 6
'January 4 5 6 7 (372) 8 9 (*294) 10
Solstice "December 22 23 Christmas Eve 25 26 27 (361)

If the regular year was counted as 360 days (as by the ancient Egyptians), then there would be 111 days remaining to 471 = 1½ * 314. Alternatively we should count also day zero in the text ('April 27) and get 472 - 111 = 361 = 19 * 19.