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1. We should now continue to list the stars in the 20th hour. First we can add more from my astronomy book:

20th hour:

Nunki σ Sagittarii 2.05 21° 49′ S 19h 01m 289.4
Manubrium ο Sagittarii 3.76 21° 44′ S 19h 03m 289.8
  τ Sagittarii 3.32 27° 40′ S 19h 05m 290.4
  ι Lyrae 5.25 36° 06′ N 19h 05m 290.5
Al Baldah π Sagittarii 2.88 21° 01′ S 19h 08m 291.1
Aladfar η Lyrae 4.43 39° 09′ N 19h 12m 292.1
Nodus II δ Draconis 3.07 67° 34′ N 19h 13m 292.5
  ψ Sagittarii 4.86 25° 15′ S 19h 14m 292.6
  θ Lyrae 4.35 38° 08′ N 19h 14m 292.8
Arkab Prior β¹ Sagittarii 3.96 44° 33′ S 19h 19m 294.0
Arkab Posterior β² Sagittarii 4.27 44° 54′ S 19h 20m 294.2
Alrami α Sagittarii 3.96 40° 43′ S 19h 20m 294.2
Deneb Okab δ Aquilae 3.36 03° 35′ N 19h 23m 295.0
Albireo β Cygni 3.05 27° 51′ N 19h 29m 296.5
Sham α Sagittae 4.39 17° 54′ N 19h 38m 298.8
Tarazed γ Aquilae 2.72 10° 29′ N 19h 44m 300.3
Altair α Aquilae 0.76 08° 44′ N 19h 48m 301.3
Alshain β Aquilae 3.71 06° 17′ N 19h 53m 302.6
Ga8-21 Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25
λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella (287.9), Nunki (288.4)  Manubrium (288.8), τ Sagittarii (289.4) ι Lyrae (289.5), Al Baldah (290.1) Aladfar (291.1) Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8)
'May 26 (146) 19h (289.2) '28 '29 '30
'January 3 '4 '5 '6 '7
"November 1 "2 "3 "4 "5
Ga8-26 (230) Gb1-1 Gb1-2 (*295) Gb1-3
Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2) Deneb Okab (294.0)   Albireo (295.5)
'May 31 (151) 'June 1 '2 '3
'January 8 '9 '10 '11
"November 6 "7 "8 "9
Gb1-4 Gb1-5 Gb1-6 (236) Gb1-7 (*300)
  Sham (297.8) Tarazed (299.3) Altair (300.3)
'June 4 (155) '5 '6 '7
'January 12 (377) '13 '14 '15
"November 10 (314) "11 "12 "13
Gb1-8 Gb1-9 Gb1-10 Gb1-11 (*304) Gb1-12 (242)
  Alshain (301.6)      
'June 8 '9 (160) '10 20h (304.4) '12
'January 16 (381) '17 '18 '19 '20
"November 14 (318) "15 "16 "17 "18

In addition to the dates derived from the assumption of´Gb1-1 referring to 'June 1 it might be of value for us to keep track also of the dates derived from having defined the heliacal rising of Antares to be at 'November 25 and Ga7-16.

... The manzil Al Na'āïm al Sādirah begins with January 16 ...

The dates for the time of the Scorpion are 63 days earlier, e.g. with day number 314 = 377 - 63.

By the way, 'June 6 is day 157 or halfway to 'November 10:

Ga6-27 Ga6-28 Ga6-29 Ga7-1
Zuben Elschemali (230.8), μ Lupi (231.3) ο Cor. Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4) φ² Lupi (232.5), Pherkad (232.6), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9), Alkalurops (233.1) Nusakan (234.0)
'November 7 '8 '9 '10 (314)

At Corona Borealis the meaning of the 'Broken Platter' was discussed:

... Allen gives the name Nusakan for β Corona Borealis:

'... is Nusakan in the 2d edition of the Palermo Catalogue, derived from the Masākin of the constellation.'

'Hyde quoted  Kasat al Sālik, and Kas al Masākīn, the Pauper's Bowl, and the Persians had the same in their Kāsah Darwīshān, the Dervish's Platter, or Kāsah Shekesteh, the Broken Platter, because the circle [of the crown] is incomplete ...'

Also his alternative name for Gemma (α) has to do with a platter:

'Alphecca, the Alphaca of Burritt's Atlas of 1835, was Ulug Beg's Al Nā'ir al Fakkah, The Bright One of the Dish ...'

The Mad Hatter had bitten off not only a piece of his bread but also a part of his cup, we remember:

Broken is time both at June 13 and November 13:

Ga1-17 Ga1-18 Ga1-19 (492) Ga1-20 (**465) Ga1-21
Bellatrix, Saif al Jabbar (489.7), Elnath (489.9) Nihal (490.7), Mintaka (491.4)  ε Columbae (491.6), Arneb (492.0), Heka (492.2) Hatysa (492.5), Alnilam (492.7), Heavenly Gate (493.0) Alnitak, Phakt (Phaet), (493.7)
June 11 12 13 (164) 14 531 - 365 = 166
May 12 (132) 31 June 13 (164) 152 (= 8 * 19) November 13 (317) 213  June 15 (531)
33 ½ ½ 214

At the time of G day number 314 presumably was not at Ga6-29 but at the following glyph Ga7-1. Likewise should 'June 13 have been not at Ga1-19 but at Ga1-20. Time therefore ought to have been broken between Ga1-19 and Ga1-20, between 'June 12 and 'June 13.

But silt does not accumulate in heaven and the effects of precession should not be of primary interest for us. Nunki will always be were 'sea' is beginning.