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2. For the 19th hour we need also the stars mentioned in my astronomy book. Alya is among them and below I have marginally changed the data for its right ascension and declination to fit with those in my book:

19th hour:

  τ Ophiuchi 4.77 08° 11′ S 18h 00m 273.9
Nash γ Sagittarii 2.98 30° 26′ S 18h 03m 274.7
Zhōngshān ο Herculis 3.84 28° 46′ N 18h 04m 275.0
Kaus Medius δ Sagittarii 2.72 29° 51′ S 18h 18m 278.5
Tung Hae η Serpentis 3.23 02° 54′ S 18h 19m 278.7
Kaus Australis ε Sagittarii 1.79 34° 25′ S 18h 21m 279.3
Kaus Borealis λ Sagittarii 2.82 25° 27′ S 18h 25m 280.3
Vega α Lyrae 0.03 38° 44′ N 18h 35m 282.8
Sheliak β Lyrae 3.52 33° 18′ N 18h 48m 286.1
Alya θ Serpentis 4.62 04° 08′ N 18h 54m 287.6
Sulaphat γ Lyrae 3.25 32° 37′ N 18h 57m 288.4
Ascella ζ Sagittarii 2.60 29° 57′ S 18h 59m 288.9
Ga8-1 Ga8-2 Ga8-3 Ga8-4 (*271) Ga8-5
Girtab, ο Serpentis (267.6), Kelb Alrai (268.1) Kew Ho (268.6), Apollyon (268.9), Muliphen (269.0) Basanismus (269.5), Pherkard (269.9) Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1) ξ Herculis (271.5), ν Herculis,  Etamin (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8), ζ Serpentis (272.4)
'December 14 '15 '16 (350) '17 '18
"October 12 "13 "14 "15 "16
Ga8-6 (210) Ga8-7 Ga8-8 Ga8-9
τ Ophiuchi (272.9) Nash (273.7), Zhōngshān (274.0)    
'December 19 '20 (354) '21 '22
"October 17 (290) "18 "19 "20
Ga8-10 (*277) Ga8-11 Ga8-12 (216)
  Kaus Medius (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3) Kaus Borealis (279.3)
'23 '24 '25
"21 "22 (295) "23
Ga8-13 (*280) Ga8-14 Ga8-15 Ga8-16
    Vega (281.8)  
'26 (360) '27 '28 '29
"24 "25 "26 "27 (300)
Ga8-17 Ga8-18 (222) Ga8-19 Ga8-20
  Sheliak (285.1)   Alya (286.6), Sulaphat (287.4)
'30 '31 (365) 'January 1 '2
"28 "29 "30 "31 (304)
Ga8-21 Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25 Ga8-26
Ascella (287.9)          
'January 3 19h (289.2) '5 '6 '7 '8 (373)
"November 1 "2 "3 "4 "5 "6 (310)

10 months with 31 days in each could be, it seems, the final of the Sun year in the Golden Age. At the time of G - or about (373 - 310) * 72 = 4536 year later - precession may have pushed the calendar dates forward from November 6 to January 8. At left (in the past) in Ga8-19 is a great tagata, probably indicating the old year which has ended with 'December 31.