Nawaa	Manzil	Begins on	Number of days		Stars
Al Thuraya	Sheratan	17 May (137)	14	14	Sheratan
	Pleione	31 May (151)	13	27	Pleione
	Albatain	13 June (164)	13	40	Albatain in the Pleiades
Al Tuwaibe'	Al Tuwaibe'	26 June (177)	13	53	Aldebaran
Al Jawzaa	Heka	9 July (190)	13	66	Heka
Al Jawzaa	Alhena	22 July (203)	13	79	Alhena
Murzim	Murzim	4 Aug (216)	13	92	Canis Major
Kulaibain	An Nathra	17 Aug (229)	13	105	An Nathra
Suhail	Alterf	30 Aug (242)	13	118	Alterf
	Dschuba	12 Sept (255)	13	131	Dschuba
	Azzubra	25 Sept (268)	13	144
	Assarfa	8 Oct (281)	13	157
Al Wasm	Auva	21 Oct (294)	13	170	Auva
	Simak	3 Nov (307)	13	183	Spica
	Syrma	16 Nov (320)	13	196
	Az Zubana	29 Nov (333)	13	209	Acubens
Murabaania	Akleel	12 Dec (346)	13	222	Corona Borealis
	Qalb al Akraab	25 Dec (359)	9	231	Antares
	Shaula	3 Jan (368)	13	244	Shaula
Ash Shabt	Al Naam	16 Jan (381)	13	257	Ascella and Nunki
Ash Shabt	Al Baldaah	29 Jan (394)	13	270
The Three Saads	Saad Al Thabib	11 Febr (407)	15	285	Saad Al Thabih
	Saad Balaa	26 Febr (422)	13	298	Saad Balaa
	Saad Al Saud	11 March (435)	13	311	Saadalsud
Hameemain	Saad Al Akhbia	24 March (448)	13	324	Sadachbia
Hameemain	Almuqaddam	6 April (461)	13	337	Almuqaddam
Al Tharaeen	Al Muakhar	19 April (474)	13	350	Pollux
Al Tharaeen	Alrescha	2 May (487)	15	365	Alrescha

First we can see its beginning is not at winter solstice but in May. This is in general agreement with my interpretation of the G text:


*Gb8-30 (64)**	Ga1-1	Ga1-2	Ga1-3	Ga1-4
Hyadum II (64.2)		Ain, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)		Aldebaran (68.2)
'May 24	'25	'26 (146)	'27	'28


Ga8-17	Ga8-18 (222)	Ga8-19	Ga8-20
Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)	Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1)	δ Lyrae (286.3)	Alya (286.6), Sulaphat (287.4)
'December 30 (364)	'31	'May 24 (144)	'25

Al Na'ām is the 20th manzil in the table above, not the 18th which Allen states:

... The Late Almagest of 1515 gives this [ζ Sagittarii] as Ascella, i.e. Axilla, the Armpit of the figure, still its location on the maps ... With σ, τ, and φ it formed a portion of the 18th manzil, Al Na'ām, or Al Na'āïm al Sādirah, and the whole of that nakshatra; but the corresponding sieu included λ and μ with φ as the determinant ...

In the quadrangle at the armpit of the Archer the rather insignificant φ and τ have no names that I am aware of. Instead the brighter ζ (Ascella) at its bottom and σ (Nunki) at its top are the stars to look for.

There are 7 months from May to December and, we have seen (at Cor Serpentis), that the distance from midnight culmination to the heliacal rising of a star evidently tend to be about 225-235 nights. The number of glyphs on the front side of the G tablet is 230 (counting from Gb8-30 up to and including Ga8-26), but tagata in glyph 235 could mark its end:


Gb1-4	Gb1-5 (235)	Gb1-6	*Gb1-7 (300)**	Gb1-8
	α Sagittae (297.8)
'January 12 (377)	'13	'14	'15	'16 (381)
'June 4 (155)	'5	'6	'7	'8 (159)
"November 10 (314)	"11	"12	"13	"14 (318)

Perhaps we should leave open the possibility to count heliacal risings also beyond Sheliak (β Lyrae) and Gb8-18 (at what presumably is 'December 31). The manzil Al Na'āïm al Sādirah begins with January 16 according to the table above.

20 is a number which relates to Moon, whereas 18 relates to Sun. 20 * 20 = 400 and 18 * 30 = 360. The manzil structure refers to Moon stations and the last such 'regular' station could therefore be number 20.

If the Naam birds are at station 18 (as Allen says), then the beginning should be with the Pleiades (with Albatain according to the manzil table). And there are indeed birds connected with the Pleiades in the G text:


*Gb8-17 (50)**	Gb8-18	Gb8-19	Gb8-20	Gb8-21
Algenib Persei (50.0)
'May 10	'11	'12	'13	'14 (134)


*Gb8-22 (55)**	Gb8-23	Gb8-24	Gb8-25	Gb8-26	Gb8-27
Atiks, Rana (55.1)	The Pleiades (55.3-56.3)		Menkhib (57.6)	Zaurak (58.9)
'May 15	'16	'17	'18	'19	'20 (140)

I have so far not been able to determine with certainty which of the Pleiades stars Albatain could be. It ought to rise later than Pleione (28 Tauri) in the preceding manzil we can assume. That leaves only one possible candidate, viz. Atlas (27 Tauri):

... Perhaps the pair Atlas (upholding the sky) and Pleione (his 'flower') are to be understood as personifications of the first respectively the second half of the year. First the sky roof is raised high and light is entering, then the time of 'fruits' will come. Their daughters could then represent a further subdivision of the cycle, either in 6 or in 7 seasons ... (Cfr at Atlas and Pleione.)

364 - (225 + 235) / 2 = 134 and at day number 134 ('May 14 and Gb8-21) there is an ihe tau type of glyph. Perhaps we should understand it as the 'point of beginning' of the 'year':

Ihe

A fish. Vanaga.

1. Mgv.: ihe, a fish. Mq.: ihe, id. Sa.: ise, id. Ma.: ihe, the garfish. 2. Ta.: ihe, a lance. Ha.: ihe, a spear. Churchill.

"The garfish (Belone belone) is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, etc. The fish lives close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel. They feed on small fish and leap out of the water when hooked. The garfish are oviparous and the eggs are often found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's surface. Garfish have unusually green bones which discourages many people from eating them. Many consider garfish to be delicious fried, baked or barbecued. Its pelvic fins are located in a posterior position as are its dorsal and anal fins. They are positioned for posterior flexing of the body." (Wikipedia)

Tau

Year (ta'u), he-hoa ite ta'u, to confess to a crime committed long ago, by publishing it in the form of a kohau motu mo rogorogo (rongorongo tablet). Vanaga.

1.To hang (tau), to perch (said of chickens on tree branches at night); rock on the coast, taller than others so that something can be deposited on it without fear of seeing washed it away by the waves; hakarere i ruga i te tau, to place something on such a rock; tau kupega, rope from which is hung the oval net used in ature fishing. 2. Pretty, lovely; ka-tau! how pretty! Vanaga.

1. Year, season, epoch, age. P Pau.: tau, a season, period. Mgv.: tau, a year, the season of breadfruit. Mq.: tau, year. Ta.: tau, season, time. 2. Fit, worthy, deserving, opportune; tae tau, impolite, ill-bred, unseemly; pei ra tau, system. PS Mgv.: tau, fit, suitable, proper. Sa.: tau, right, proper. To.: tau, becoming, fit, proper, agreeable. Fu.: tau, fit, proper. 3. To perch. P Pau.: tau, a perch for a bird. Mgv.: tau, to mount on a person's back. Mq.: tau, to perch, to rest on. Ta.: tau, to perch, to alight on. 4. To hang; hakatau, necklace; hakatautau, to append. P Pau.: fakatautau, to hang up. Mq.: tautau, id. Ta.: faatautau, id. 5. Anchor; kona tau, anchorage, port. P Mq.: katau, anchor. Ta.: tau, id. 6. To fight; hakatau, challenge, to defy, to incite; hakatautau, to rival. P Ma.: whakatatau, to quarrel. Churchill.

Pau.: fakatau, indolent. Ta.: faatau, id. Fakatautau, to delay, to defer. Ta.: haatautau, id. Churchill.

The Malay word for 'year' is taun or tahun. In all Polynesian dialects the primary sense is 'a season', 'a period of time'. In the Samoan group tau or tausanga, besides the primary sense of season, has the definite meaning of 'a period of six months', and conventionally that of 'a year', as on the island of Tonga. Here the word has the further sense of 'the produce of the year', and derivatively 'a year'. In the Society group it simply means 'season'. In the Hawaiian group, when not applied to the summer season, the word keeps its original sense of 'an indefinite period of time', 'a life-time, an age', and is never applied to the year: its duration may be more or less than a year, according to circumstances. So far our authority (Fornander, I, 124; cp. 119). It seems however to be questionable whether the original sense is not the concrete 'produce of the seasons', rather than the abstract 'period of time'. It is significant that on the Society Islands the bread-fruit season is called te tau, and the names of the other two seasons, te tau miti rahi and te tau poai, are formed by adding to this name. Nilsson.

Kau (tau)

"Kau, v. Haw., to hang up, suspend, to tie or gird on, to put or place a thing, to fall upon, to put on, as a burden, to set or fix, as boundaries of a land, or a decree, to promulgate, as a law; in a neuter sense, to light down, as a bird, as a spiritual influence; adj. a setting of the sun, a resting, a roost for fowls; kau-a, to hesitate, be in doubt, suspense, to beg off; kau-o, to draw, as a load; morally, to endure, to incline to, to pray for some special blessing; kau-oha, a dying charge, bequest, covenant, commission, command; kau-kai, to wait for an event, to expect; kau-kau, to take counsel, to resolve, to chide, to reprove, to explain, make clear; kau-la, a rope, cord, tendon, a prophet, a seer; kau-la-i, to hang up, put up in the sun; kau-lana, fame, report, renown; ma-kau, be ready, prepared; akau, the right hand (dexter), to be right, to the north, north.

In the Southern dialects we find: Tong., tau, to hang, overhang, impend, extend to, fit, be suitable; ma-tau, the right hand; ta-tau, equal, like (balanced); tau-la, a cable; tau-ranga, an anchoring place. Sam., tau, to rest on, light on, fall on; faa-ta-tau, to compare; tau, what is proper and right; tau-au, to tend towards, either decline or increase; tau-me, stretch up the hand and not reach, to desire and not obtain; tau-i, reward, payment, revenge; tau-la, an anchor, to anchor, the priest of a god; tau-la-i, to hang up to; tau-langa, a sacred offering, an anchorage; tau-lalo, let the hands drop in fighting, be conquered; tau-tau, to hang, hang up; ma-tau, right-hand side, an axe; faa-tau, equally, alike; v. to buy, barter, sell; faa-tau-oa, a merchant.

Marqu., tau, to carry on the back; tau-tau, suspended, hung up; ta-tau, to count, reckon; tau-a, a rope, a priest; a-tau, ka-tau, an achor. N. Zeal., tau, besided previous meanings, to meet; ma-tau, expert, dexterous, shrewd. Tah., tau, to hang upon, an anchor; tau-ai, to hang up, spread out, as clothes to dry; tau-i, price, cost, to exchange, buy; tau-ra, cord, a troop, crowd, be inspired, a prophet; tau-e, a swing, see-saw; tau-piri, tail for a kite; tau-mata, a visor, a mask; tau-mi, a breastplate, plastron; a-tau, right hand, to the right. Fiji., tau, to fall, as of rain, to fall upon; tau-ca, to place or put down a thing; tau-nga, a swinging shelf. Malg., mang-hatau, mana-tao, to place, put ..." (Fornander)