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3. The name of the nawaa The Three Sads can now be understood. It evidently refers to the lucky ('Good Fortune') beginning of the new solar year, after the Old 'Winter Goat' has been swept away and 'cast into the water':

... Al Bali, the brightest one of the 21st manzil, Al Sa'd al Bula', the Good Fortune of the Swallower, which included μ and ν ...

Nawaa Manzil Begins on Number of days Stars
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
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
Almuqaddam 6 April (461) 13 337 Almuqaddam

Furthermore, the manzil Saad Balaa presumably refers to the time of swallowing (the final of the old 'year').

According to Wikipedia is the name Al-bulaan (μ and ν Aquarii) Arabic for 'the two swallowers', whereas Al-bali (ε Aquarii) is singular ('the swallower').

The very special glyph Gb1-21 is located 314 (π) days from equinox, which ought to mean the first cycle (of those two in a circle) is ending where the manzil Al Baldaah is beginning.

Gb1-21 (*314) Gb1-22
Yue (314.3) Albali (314.8)
'January 29 (394) '30
Al Baldaah begins. 2
Swallowing the Eye:
Gb1-23 Gb1-24 Gb1-25 Gb1-26 (256) Gb2-1 (*320)
Baten Algiedi (315.8), μ Aquarii (316.0)      Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3)  χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3)
'31 'February 1 '2 '3 '21h (319.6)
3 (260) 4 5 6 7 (264)

Al Baldaah has no stars because they presumably once were Gredi (α Capricorni) and Dabih (β Capricorni), but those were 'swallowed' by the first stars of Aquarius.

Gb1-13 Gb1-14 (*307) Gb1-15 Gb1-16 Gb1-17
ξ Capricorni (305.8) Gredi (307.2) σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9), Dabih (308.0)   Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9), ο Capricorni (310.2)
'January 21 '22 (387) '23 '24 '25
6 7 8 9 10
Gb1-18 (248) Gb1-19 Gb1-20
    τ Capricorni (312.6), υ Capricorni (312.8)
'Janurary 26 '27 (392) '28
11 12 Al Naam ends.

The manzil Saad Balaa arrives 28 (= 15 + 13) days later:

Gb2-2 Gb2-3 Gb2-4 Gb2-5 (*324) Gb2-6
   φ Capricorni (321.8)   Dai (323.5)  Yan (324.6)
'February 5 '6 (402) '7 '8 '9
8 (*401) 9 10 11 12
Gb2-7 Gb2-8 (264) Gb2-9 Gb2-10
   Castra (327.2)  Nashira (328.0)  κ Capricorni (328.7)
'February 10 '11 '12 '13 (409)
Al Baldaah ends. Saad Al Thabib begins. 2 (272) 3 (*409)
Gb2-11 (*330) Gb2-12 (268) Gb2-13 Gb2-14
λ Capricorni (329.6), Deneb Algiedi (329.8) Kuh (331.4)    
'Februry 14 '15 (411) '16 '17
4 5 6 7
Gb2-15 Gb2-16 (272) Gb2-17 (*336)
'February 18 '22h (414.8) '20
8 9 10 (280)
Gb2-18 Gb2-19 Gb2-20 Gb2-21 Gb2-22 Gb2-23
'February 21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26 (422)
11 12 13 14 (*420) Saad Al Thabib ends. Saad Balaa begins.

Maybe the curious creature in Gb2-15 illustrates 'swallowing'. At any rate it is rather clear that Old Sun is finished in 'February 26, where Saad Balaa is beginning and a maro feather string is hanging down in front.

Saad Al Thabib has 15 days instead of the normal 13, which probably signifies a cardinal point. Notably the glyph at 'February 25 is Gb2-22 (as if 2-22 was alluding to 222). The preceding day is number 420 counted from spring equinox north of the equator = number 500 from the beginning of the preceding Gregorian year.

Although we can connect stars with glyphs we do not know at what time in the night these stars should be observed. In order to secure at least some idea of when I have added the dates corresponding to when (in 1870) the stars were rising heliacally.