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We should here take our time to update with more stars and dates the end of side a together with the beginning of side b on the Mamari tablet.

At first we can see how te rima at the end of side a obviously fits very well with the distances from 0h to April 16, to 'March 20, and to "March 6. Here there was a break in calendar time all the way down from the days of Bharani. And glyph 392 was 392 days counted from 0h at the time of rongorongo.

*Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 *Ca14-26 *Ca14-27 *Ca14-28 *Ca14-29 (392)
te henua te honu kau manu kake rua te henua te honu te rima
FEBRUARY 6 7 (403) 8 9 (40) 10 11 (*327)
δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9) Achernar (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) τ Ceti (24.7) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA
χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)
April 11 12 13 14 (104) 15 16 (472)
'March 15 16 17 18 (77) 19 20 (*364)
"March 1 2 (61) 3 4 5 6 (*350)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 8 9 (*140) 10 (222) 11 12 13 (5 * 29)
no star listed (204) Heze (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (205.7) ε Centauri (206.3), κ Oct. (206.4) no star listed (207) τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) no star listed (209)
October 11 12 (285) 13 14  15 16
'September 14 15 16 17 (260) 18 19 (*182)
"August 31 "September 1 2 (*165) 3 4 5 (248)

Clearly side b must begin where the old year at some point was terminated - different calendar rules depending on where these heliacal stars (foremost Polaris) were in relation to 0h. Evidently the important time for the creator of the C text was when the First Point of Aries was at 0h.

Below I have continued to mark also on side b the heliacal stars blue and the nakshatra stars black - instead of the opposite which I tried with earlier:

Cb1-1 (393) Cb1-2 Cb1-3
E tupu - ki roto o te hau tea
FEBRUARY 12 13 2-14 (45)
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-2 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) ALRISHA, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7)
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
April 17 (107) 18 19
0h 'March 22 (*1) 23
"March 7 (*351) 8 9 (68)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 14 15 (227) 16 (*148)
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8)
October 17 (290) 18 19
'September 20 (*183) 21 (264) Equinox
"September 6 7 (250) 8 (*171)
Cb1-4 (396)
ki te henua - te maro
FEBRUARY 15 (46)
Arku-sha-rishu-ku-3
2h (30.4)
κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5)

Alkes

April 20 (110)
'March 24 (*3)
"March 10 (*354)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 17 (229)
14h (213.1)
χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1)
October 20 (293)
'September 23 (266)
"September 9 (*172)

With 0h at the First Point of Aries corresponding to Cb1-1 it was necessary to have heliacal Hamal at Cb1-4.

"March 10 and "September 9 - 354 respectively 172 days after 0h at the time of Bharani - would also be at Cb1-4 (with 354 = 12 * 29½ and 172 corresponding to the number of days from "January 1 to the "June solstice). A maro feather garland is hanging down in front, which agrees with a border marker in both the day cycle and the nakshatra cycle at the time of Bharani.

At the time of the Hyades Gate the numbers 46 and 229 were perhaps also intended to be final days. And 'March 24 was the last day before spring equinox according to Jupiter Julius:

... When Julius Caesar established his calendar in 45 BC he set March 25 as the spring equinox ...

Reasonably the following Gb1-5 should therefore correspond to a new beginning. Here Metoro said there were sounds (rutua), (of) drums (te pahu), (and) sounds of greetings (rutua te maeva):

Maeva

T. 1. Move. Rangi-maeva = Moving Sky (name of a marae). 2. Greet, greeting. Henry.

rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua
Cb1-5 Cb1-6 (48 + 350) Cb1-7 (399)
FEBRUARY 16 17 (413) 18 (49)
η Arietis (31.9) ξ¹ Ceti (32.1) θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7)
April 21 (111) 22 (112 + 365 = 477) 23 (*33 + 365 = *398)
Equinox (*4) 'March 26 (85) 27
"March 11 (*355) 12 (71) 13
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 18 (230) 19 (*151) 20
Neck-2 Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE

ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), 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)
October 21 22 (295 = 112 + 183) 23
'September 24 (*187) 25 (268 = 85 + 183) 26
"September 10 (*173) 11 (254 = 71 + 183) 12
 
Cb1-8 Cb1-9 Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403)
FEBRUARY 19 (50) 20 (*336) 21 22
no star listed (34) ξ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), ξ² Ceti (35.9) σ Ceti (36.9) ν Ceti (37.9)
April 24 (*400) 25 26 27 (117)
'March 28 (*373) 29 3 31 (90)
3-14 "March 15 (*360) 16 17
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 21 22 23 24 (236 = 53 + 183)
Asellus Primus (217.8) τ Lupi (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

Fomalhaut

σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7) σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4)
October 24 25 26 27 (300)
'September 27 28 29 (*192) 30 (273)
"September 13 14 (*177) 15 16 (259)
Cb1-12 (404)
manu rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi
TERMINALIA
ν Arietis (38.5), δ, ε Ceti (38.8)
April 28 (118 = 4 * 29½)
'April 1 (91)
"March 18 (77)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 25 (237 = 8 * 29½ + 1)
ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9)
October 28 (301)
'October 1 (274 = 3 * 91 + 1)
"September 17 (260)

Manu rere in Cb1-12 is looking ahead and FEBRUARY 17 (14 * 29½) in Cb1-6 has another 3 levels illustration than in Gb7-30:

 
Gb7-22 Gb7-23 (204) Gb7-24 Gb7-25 Gb7-26 (436)
FEBRUARY 9 10 11 (42) 12 (408) 13 (*329)
τ Ceti (24.7) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-2 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8)
χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)  Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
April 14 15 16 (471) 17 (107) 18 (*393)
'March 18 19 20 0h 22
NAKSHATRA DATES: NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 11 12 13 (*145) 14 15 (227)
no star listed (207) τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) no star listed (209) Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9)
October 14 15 16 17 (290) 18
'September 17 (260) 18 19 20 21 (*184)
Gb7-27 Gb7-28 (6 * 73) Gb7-29 (210)
2-14 (45) FEBRUARY 15 (3 * 137) 16 (412)
ALRISHA, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) Arku-sha-rishu-ku-3 η Arietis (31.9)
2h (30.4)
κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5)

Alkes

April 19 20 21 (111)
'March 23 24 (*368) 25 (84)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 16 (*148) 17 (229) 18
Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8) 14h (213.1) Neck-2
π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8)
October 19 (292) 20 21
Equinox (265) 'September 23 24 (*187)
Gb7-30 (440) Gb7-31 Gb8-1 Gb8-2 (214)
FEBRUARY 17 (413) 18 19 (50) 20 (*336)
ξ¹ Ceti (32.1) θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7) no star listed (34) ξ Arietis (35.0), ρ Ceti (35.4), ξ² Ceti (35.9)
April 22 23 24 (114) 25 (450)
'March 26 (*5) 27 28 29 (88)
"March 12 13 3-14 (73) 15 (*359)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 19 (231) 20 21 (*153) 22
Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE

ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) Asellus Primus (217.8) τ Lupi, δ Octantis (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

Fomalhaut

15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)
October 22 (295) 23 24 25
'September 25 (*188) 26 27 (270) 28
"September 11 (254) 12 13 14 (*177)
Gb8-3 Gb8-4 (216) Gb8-5 (446)
FEBRUARY 21 (52) 22 TERMINALIA
σ Ceti (36.9) ν Ceti (37.9) ν Arietis (38.5), δ, ε Ceti (38.8)
April 26 27 28 (118 = 4 * 29½)
'March 30 31 (*10) 'April 1 (91)
"March 16 (*360) 17 18 (77)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 23 24 (236 = 8 * 29½) 25 (*157 = 314 / 2)
σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7) σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4) ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9)
October 26 27 (300) 28
'September 29 (*192) 30 (273 = 3 * 91) 'October 1
"September 15 16 (*179) 17 (260)