Complementary to 24 was 168 = 192 - 24. And 192 = half 384 = 364 + 20. The Full Moon would have reached the Goat Door (Haedus I and II) in December 2 and counting for the time of the Bull the corresponding date would have been SEPTEMBER 29 - i.e. 192 days after 0h:
168 = 7 * 24 and 192 = 8 * 24. This cycle for the year had to be more than 12 * 29½ = 354 days. With 13 synodic months the end of the year would have been in the past after 13 * 29½ = 383½ days. 383 - 2 * 183 = 17. From the Goat Door to the beginning of a sacred year at ξ Orionis (92.5) there would have been approximately 17 days. 92.5 - 74.8 = 17.7.
We have encountered the measure 168 days earlier: ... In Kelley's Deciphering the Maya Script he has pointed out that there are distance numbers of 168 days between each of the pictures in a zodiac in the Paris Codex. These intervals served to put the consecutive constellations on opposite sides of the sky roof rather than next to each other:
2 * 168 = 336 (December 2) = 14 * 24 = 365 - 29. |
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