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From heliacal Canopus at Ga2-1 to the 'Fish-hook' there were 10 days and then a further 16 days to Naos at the stern of Argo Navis:

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Ga1-30 Ga2-1
 Furud (94.9) Well-22
δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)
June 23 (6 * 29 = 174) St John's Eve
ºJune 19 (170) 20 (*91)
'May 27 (7 * 21 = 147) 28 (*68)
"May 13 (7 * 19 =133) 14 (*54 = 2 * 27)
Purva Ashadha-20
KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6)
December 23 (*277) Christmas Eve
ºDecember 19 (*273) 20 (354 = 12 * 29½)
'November 26 (*250) 27
"November 12 (*236) 13 (317)
11
Ga2-9 Ga2-10 Ga2-11 (41) Ga2-12
TE POU (Sirius) 7h (106.5)
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) no star listed (106)
July 2 3 (*104) 4 (185) 5
ºJune 28 29 (*466) 30 (181) ºJuly 1
'June 5 6 (157) 7 (*78) 8 (525)
"May 22 23 (*63) 24 (144) 25 (*431)
Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6) ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella, Bered (Ant.) (287.9) Uttara Ashadha-21 19h (289.2)
NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9) λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)
January 1 (366) 2 3 (*288) 4
ºDec 28 29 30 (364) 31 (*285)
'December 5 6 (*260) 7 8 (342)
"November 21 22 (326) 23 24 (*248)
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Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 (56) Ga2-27
φ Gemini (118.4) Drus (119.9) ω Cancri (120.2) 8h (121.7)
χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3)
July 17 (*118) 18 19 (200) July 20 (201)
ºJuly 13 14 (195) 15 (*116) ºJuly 16
'June 20 (171 - 80 + 366 = *457) Solstice 22 (*93) 'June 23 (*460)
"June 6 (*77) 7 (*444) 8 (525) "June 9 (*80)
ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum, ξ Aquilae (301.3), Alshain (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) τ Aquilae (303.8) 20h (304.4)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)
January 16 (*301) 17 18 (383) January 19 (*304)
ºJan 12 13 (378) 14 (*299) ºJan 15 (*300)
'December 20 (354) Solstice 22 'December 23 (*277)
"December 6 (*260) 7 8 (342) "December 9

When the Sun was at Canopus around 26000 / 4 = 6500 years ago it meant he was a powerful spring sun, capable of sucking up all water puddles accumulated during winter. Also in rongorongo times and on Easter Island - south of the equator - heliacal Canopus could be described as the 'incarnation' of Sun when he in January was observed close to the Full Moon beginning to suck up the winter waters.

... 'The rays drink up the little waters of the earth, the shallow pools, making them rise, and then descend again in rain.' Then, leaving aside the question of water, he summed up his argument: 'To draw up and then return what one had drawn - that is the life of the world.'

The bottom part of the little henua in Ga3-2 is flat like a water surface and the open mouth above could allude to 'sucking':

Ga3-2 (61) Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5
χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) ο Ursa Majoris (127.4)  Pushya-8
υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5)
July 24 (*125) 25 26 27 (208)
ºJuly 20 (*121) 21 22 23 (204)
'June 27 28 (*465) 29 (*100) 30 (181)
"June 13 (*84) 14 (165) 15 16
Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox Herd Boy-9 Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)

Arneb

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

Alnilam

Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

Phakt

DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7)
January 23 (388) 24 25 (*310) 26
ºJanuary 19 (*304) 20 (385) 21 22
'December 27 28 29 (*283) 30 (364)
"December 13 (*267) 14 15 16 (350)

Henua in front in Ga3-5 has what looks like a string of feathers (maro) growing up from below. Maybe it was meant to illustrate the opposite of grey ashes, i.e. to state how a brightly coloured burning new fire here was drying up the earth.

When Metoro saw a hanging down 'feather string' he normally said 'maro', but not infrequently he instead said kihikihi:

Kihi

Kihikihi, lichen; also: grey, greenish grey, ashen. Vanaga.

Kihikihi, lichen T, stone T. Churchill.

The Hawaiian day was divided in three general parts, like that of the early Greeks and Latins, - morning, noon, and afternoon - Kakahi-aka, breaking the shadows, scil. of night; Awakea, for Ao-akea, the plain full day; and Auina-la, the decline of the day. The lapse of the night, however, was noted by five stations, if I may say so, and four intervals of time, viz.: (1.) Kihi, at 6 P.M., or about sunset; (2.) Pili, between sunset and midnight; (3) Kau, indicating midnight; (4.) Pilipuka, between midnight and surise, or about 3 A.M.; (5.) Kihipuka, corresponding to sunrise, or about 6 A.M. ... (Fornander)

Maro

Maro: A sort of small banner or pennant of bird feathers tied to a stick. Maroa: 1. To stand up, to stand. 2. Fathom (measure). See kumi. Vanaga.

Maro: 1. June. 2. Dish-cloth T P Mgv.: maro, a small girdle or breech clout. Ta.: maro, girdle. Maroa: 1. A fathom; maroa hahaga, to measure. Mq.: maó, a fathom. 2. Upright, stand up, get up, stop, halt. Mq.: maó, to get up, to stand up. Churchill.

Pau.: Maro, hard, rough, stubborn. Mgv.: maro, hard, obdurate, tough. Ta.: mârô, obstinate, headstrong. Sa.: mālō, strong. Ma.: maro, hard, stubborn. Churchill.

Ta.: Maro, dry, desiccated. Mq.: mao, thirst, desiccated. Fu.: malo, dry. Ha.: malo, maloo, id. Churchill.

Mgv.: Maroro, the flying fish. (Ta.: marara, id.) Mq.: maoo, id. Sa.: malolo, id. Ma.: maroro, id. Churchill.

If the month name Maro should coincide with June, then the time frame of Bharani would suit, because Ga3-5 could then be read as referring to heliacal θ Cancri in "June 16.

Egyptian nfr Phoenician teth Greek theta Θ (θ)

... The form of the letter θ suggests a midline ('waist'), although the origin of θ is the Phoenician tēth which means 'wheel'. This in turn could have originated from a glyph named 'good' which in Egypt was nfr ...

... θ is the last star in the Ara constellation, and the ancient meaning of this letter was described as a wheel by the Phoenicians but for the Egyptian it meant 'good'. When the wheel of time has come full cycle around and the upside down fire-altar is in the past the times ahead should be good (or lucky Sa'ad) ...

And in the early dawn of "June 16 the star ρ Gemini would reappear after its conjunction with the Sun in "May 31:

Ga2-18 Ga2-19 Ga2-20 (50) Ga2-21 Ga2-22 Ga2-23
Ghost-23 Al Dhirā'-5 / Punarvasu-7 ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX (116.2), π Gemini (116.9) Azmidiske (117.4)
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)
July 11 (*112) 12 (193) 13 (194 - 80 + 366 = *480) 14 15 16
ºJuly 7 (*108) 8 9 10 (*477) 11 12 (193)
'June 14 (165) 15 16 17 (*88) 18 (*455) 19
"May 31 (151) "June 1 2 (*73) 3 4 5 (*442)
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) υ Aquilae (299.1), Tarazed (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) Sravana-23
ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), Bezek (300.8)
January 10 (*295) 11 12 (377) 13 14 15 (*300)
ºJanuary 6 7 (372) 8 9 10 (*295) 11
'December 14 (*268) 15 16 (350) 17 18 19
"November 30 (*254) "December 1 2 (336) 3 4 5

Beyond Ga3-5 there are 31 sequences of glyphs ending in the same way (kiore, henua, and increasing maro - i.e. dryness) and early I identified this long text structure with a calendar for the year. At that time I thought this calendar was beginning at winter solstice and that each sequence corresponded to 13 days. 31 * 13 = 403 was however too long and therefore I guessed the last 3 sequences were beyond the solar year. 28 * 13 = 364.

The 1st such period with 13 days, in my perceived calendar, corresponded to the following 8 glyphs:

1st
Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 Ga3-1 (60)
8h (121.7) ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3)

Ras Algethi

χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3)
July 20 (201) 21 22 23 (*124)
ºJuly 16 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
'June 23 (*460) St John's Eve 25 (*96) 26 (177)
"June 9 (*80) 10 11 12 (163)
20h (304.4) Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) Tso Ke (306.3) Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)
January 19 (*304) 20 (385) 21 22
ºJanuary 15 (*300) 16 17 18 (383)
'December 23 (*277) Christmas Eve 25 26 (360)
"December 9 10 11 (*265) 12 (346)
Ga3-2 (61) Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5
χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) ο Ursa Majoris (127.4)  Pushya-8
υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5)
July 24 (*125) 25 26 27 (208)
ºJuly 20 (*121) 21 22 23 (204)
'June 27 28 (*465) 29 (*100) 30 (181)
"June 13 (*84) 14 (165) 15 16
Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox Herd Boy-9 Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)

Arneb

Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)

Alnilam

Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

Phakt

DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7)
January 23 (388) 24 25 (*310) 26
ºJanuary 19 (*304) 20 (385) 21 22
'December 27 28 29 (*283) 30 (364)
"December 13 (*267) 14 15 16 (350)

Al Tarf (The End) close to the Full Moon could indeed once have marked the end of the darkest time of the year, but since then precession must have moved its position ahead. In Roman times Al Tarf had been possible to observe close to the Full Moon in day 360 ('December 26).

When I thought I here had identified a calendar for the year I did not think about stars which carried their meanings with them in spite of Sun beginning earlier every year. Indeed I was not even considering the possibility of connecting a calendar for the year with stars - I thought a calendar for the year obviously had to be dictated exclusively by the current positions of the Sun, which I also thought I could perceive from the glyphs.