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Clearly heliacal Polaris was the 'leader' of the calendar structure, at least from the time of Bharani:

This we can conclude by looking at the day numbers at Gb7-24:

Gb7-22 Gb7-23 Gb7-24 (42 + 392) Gb7-25 Gb7-26 (207)
FEBRUARY 9 (*325) 10 11 (42) 12 (408) 13
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)
4-14 April 15 16 (1½ * 314) 17 (107) 18 (*393)
'March 18 19 20 (*364) 0h 22
"March 4 5 6 (*350) 7 (66) 8
NAKSHATRA DATES: NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 11 12 (*144) 13 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 (*182) 20 21
"September 3 4 5 (*168) 6 7

As to the time of the Hyades Gate a similar glyph before vaha mea in Ga1-4 indicates another situation could have been ruling at that ancient time:

no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5
0h MARCH 22 23 24 25 (84) 26 (*5)
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-5

ANA-MURI

no star listed (69)
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 24 (*64) 25 26 27 28 (148) 29
'April 27 28 29 30 'May 1 (*41) 2
4-13 "April14 (104) 15 16 17 (*27) 18
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPT 20 (*183) 21 22 (265) 23 24 25
Heart-5 ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), She Low, ι Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18 / ANA-MUA γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) Han (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 23 24 25 (329) 26 27 28
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1
"October 13 14 15 (*208) 16 17 (290) 18

 ... Earlier, around 2500 B.C., the pole star was Thuban (α Draconis) ...

The front of the head of Ku (Hamal) came 4 days after Polaris and 8 days later Toliman (the bright star α Centauri) was close to the Full Moon:

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)
"March 9 (68) 10 (*354) 11
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)
"September 8 9 (*172) 10
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)

And beyond the reversed manu rere (at TERMINALIA and at nakshatra Toliman) was the heliacal asterism Musca Borealis, alias the Hindu station Bharani (and the Chinese station Stomach):

PISCES:
28 Revati ζ Piscium Fish or a pair of fish, drum 381 = 366 + 15
prosperous  Revati Apr 6 (96)
ARIES:
1 Ashvini β and γ Arietis Horse's head 27 = 16 + 11
wife of the Ashvins Sheratan and Mesarthim April 17 (107)
2 Bharani 35, 39, and 41 Arietis Yoni, the female organ of reproduction 41 = 27 + 14
the bearer  Musca Borealis May 1 (121)
Gb8-6 Gb8-7 (448) Gb8-8 (220) Gb8-9
FEBRUARY 24 (5 * 11) 25 (7 * 8) 26 (3 * 19) 27 (2 * 29)
μ Arietis (39.4), Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8) ο Arietis, π, μ Ceti (40.0), Angetenar (40.2), Right Wing (40.9) Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 no star listed (42)
π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), τ² Eridani, σ Arietis (41.7)
April 29 30 May 1 2 (122)
'April 2 3 (93) 4 5 (*15)
"March 19 20 (*364) 0h 22
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 26 27 28 (240) 29
31 Bootis (222.0), Yang Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) Izar (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3) Al Zubānā-14a / Visakha-16 / Root-3 Kochab (225.0)
ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
October 29 30 31 (304) November 1
'October 2 3 4 (277) 5
"September 18 19 20 (*183) 21 (264)

Possibly this descending fly with head down was alluded to in Gb8-7. Yet, we know, the star Bharani was probably illustrated in its nakshatra position at Ga6-19 (where we can count 61 * 9 = 549 = 3 * 183):

34 118 40
Gb7-28 (6 * 73) Ga5-8 (4 * 29½) Ga6-19 (3 * 53)
HAMAL 152 (8 * 19) SIRRAH BHARANI
"March 10 (*354) 193 "September 19 (*182)

From the reversed manu rere to Ga6-19 to nakshatra Sirrah there were 144 (= 12 * 12) days and to nakshatra Sirrah there were 25 + 1 + 159 = 185 days.

25 118 40
Gb8-5 (7 * 31) Ga5-8 (4 * 29½) Ga6-19 (3 * 53)
TOLIMAN 143 (11 * 13) SIRRAH BHARANI
"March 18 (77) 184 "September 19 (*182)