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It is necessary to look further ahead, beyond the pair of turtles - one evidently regenerating the next - and beyond the Winnowing Basket (the cradle of new life):

 
Februarius 28 Martius 1 2 (61) 3 4 5 (64)
Gb6-5 Gb6-6 Gb6-7 (160) Gb6-8 Gb6-9 Gb6-10 (392)
APRIL 12 4-13 (468) 14 (104) 15 (*25) 16 (471) 17 (107)
 μ Columbae, Saiph (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6) υ Aurigae (87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), Wezn, δ Leporis (87.7), Tze (87.9) Ardra-6 / ANA-VARU (8) η Leporis (89.0), Praja-pāti, Menkalinan, Mahashim, and γ Columbae (89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7) μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5) 6h (91.3)
χ¹ Orionis, ξ Aurigae (88.1), BETELGEUZE (88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7)

 Zuben Elgenubi

ν Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6)
June 15 16 17 (168) 18 19 20 (171)
'May 19 (*59) 20 (140) 21 22 23 (*63) 24 (144)
"May 5 (*45) 6 (126) 7 (492) 8 9 (*49) 10 (130)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCTOBER 12 (285) 13 14   15 (*208) 16 17 (290)
Muliphen (269.0), Basanismus (269.5), Pherkard (269.9) Ptolemy Cluster (270.5) Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1), ξ Herculis (271.5), Etamin, ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8) ζ Serpentis (272.4), τ Ophiuchi (272.9) Winnowing Basket-7 Zhōngshān (274.0), π Pavonis (274.6)
18h (273.4)
NASH (273.7), θ Arae (273.8)
December 15 16 (350) 17 18 19 20 (354)
'November 18 19 (*243) 20 (324) 21 22 (*246) 23 (327)
"November 4 5 (*229) 6 (310) 7 8 (*232) 9 (313)
TAG URI 31 KO RUTI 1 (275) 2 3 4 5 (*199)
Martius 6 7 8 9 10 11 (70)
Gb6-11 (393) Gb6-12 (165) Gb6-13 Gb6-14 Gb6-15 Gb6-16
APRIL 18 19 (*29) 20 21 (111) 22 23 (478)
ξ Orionis (92.5) Al Han'ah-4 / Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-8  Furud (94.9) Well-22 no star listed (96) β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0)
 TEJAT PRIOR (93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)
Solstice June 22 (173) 23 St John's Eve 25 26 (177)
5-25 'May 26 27 28 (*68) 29 30 (150)
"May 11 12 13 14 (*54) 15 16 (136)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCTOBER 18 19 20 21 22 (295) 23 (*216)
ι Pavonis (275.1), Polis (275.9)

Menkar

η Sagittarii (276.9) Purva Ashadha-20 Kaus Borealis (279.3) ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)
KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6)
Solstice December 22 23 Christmas Eve 25 26 (360)
'November 24 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27 28 29
π "November 11 12 (*236) 13 14 15
KO RUTI 6 7 8 9 *204 = *279 - *75 11 (285)

The regenerating pattern (X * Y = X) goes on in 3 stages, but at the beginning there was something else (X * Y = Z), possibly because heliacal land lay ahead - necessitating mentioning Betelgeuze at the border of the the Milky Way. On the other bank of the river were the foot steps of the Twins, with η (Tejat Prior) not yet completely out of the water:

In the Easter Island calendar we can see first a pairwise (Moon) order and then the Sun king arrived. 6 was followed by 2:

1 Vaitu Nui (29) 2 Vaitu Potu (31)   3 He Maro (29) 4 He Anakena (31)   5 Hora Iti (29) 6 Hora Nui (29)
'April' (30) 'May' (31) 'June' (30) 'July' (31) 'August' (31) 'September' (30)
60 60 58
178 = 177 + 1
177 = 6 * 29½
7 Tagaroa Uri (31)  8 Ko Ruti (29) 9 Ko Koró (29)   10 Tua Haro (29)  11 Tehetu'upú (28) 12 Tarahao (31)
'October' (31) 'November' (30) 'December' (31) 'January' (31) 'February' (28) 'March' (31)

Ko Ruti 11 at Gb6-16 should have been day 220 in a calendar with 178 + 177 =  355 days - given the counting was beginning with Vaitu Nui 1 = 'April 1 + 75 + 5 days. 91 ('April 1) + 80 = 171 ('June 20) = Vaitu Nui 1. 171 ('June 20) + 219 = 391 = 365 + 26 ('January 26) = Ko Ruti 11.

Ko Ruti 11 was 205 days after the Haedus Gate, when 0h was at Haedus II. *205 + 80 = 285, a number which easily can be understood as alluding to right ascension day 285 = December 31, i.e. to the last day of the year. Therefore Gb6-17 (Ko Ruti 12) could in a way have corresponded to January 1:

Martius 12 13 (72) 3-14
Gb6-17 Gb6-18 (400) Gb6-19 (172)
APRIL 24 25 (480) 26 (116 = 4 * 29)
June 27 28 6-29 (180)
Martius 15 16 (440) 17 18 19
Gb6-20 Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24 (177)
APRIL 27 (*37) 28 29 30 (120) MAY 1
June 30 July 1 2 3 4
Martius 20 (444) 0h 22 23
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 (408) Gb6-27 Gb6-28 (181)
MAY 2 (*42) 3 (123) 4 5 (490)
July 5 (186) 6 7 8

Here I have plaited together the day sequences as extrapolated from Ga1-1 (the bottom pair) with the day sequences determined from 0h at Rogo in Gb6-26.

The evidence suggests the very special Gb6-20 should be connected with June 30 when Sirius rose with the Sun. The heliacal stars are so far still following the time order from Ga1-1:

Martius 12 13 (72) 3-14
Gb6-17 Gb6-18 (400) Gb6-19 (172)
APRIL 24 25 (480) 26 (116 = 4 * 29)
no star listed (98) ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

Gemma

ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), Mebsuta (100.7)
June 27 28 29 (180)
Martius 15 16 (440) 17 18 19
Gb6-20 Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24 (177)
APRIL 27 (*37) 28 29 30 (120) MAY 1
SIRIUS (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7) τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) Adara (104.8) ω Gemini (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8), Mekbuda (105.9)
June 30 July 1 2 3 4 (185)
Martius 20 (444) 0h 22 23
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 (408) Gb6-27 Gb6-28 (181)
MAY 2 (*42) 3 (123) 4 5 (490)
7h (106.5) 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 (106)
July 5 (186) 6 7 8

Probably the creator of the G text intended us to see the contrast between the watery Gb2-16 and Gb6-20:

130
Gb2-16 (42) Gb6-20 (173)
February 19 (50) June 30 (181)