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3. We can now locate Deneb Algiedi among the glyphs and I will take the opportunity to also list ξ and μ:

ξ 20h 12m 25.76s 20h 12.429m 306.8
Gredi 20h 18m 03.22s 20h 18.054m 308.2
μ 21h 53m 17.58s 21h 53.293m 332.4

21st hour:

   ξ Capricorni 5.84 12° 37′ S 20h 10m 306.8
Gredi α Capricorni 3.58 12° 42′ S 20h 15m 308.2

22nd hour:

Deneb Algiedi δ Capricorni 2.85 16° 21′ S 21h 44m 330.8
Kuh  μ Capricorni 5.08 13° 33′ S 21h 50m 332.4
Gb1-13 Gb1-14 (*307) Gb1-15 Gb1-16 Gb1-17 Gb1-18 (248) Gb1-19
ξ Capricorni (305.8) Gredi (307.2)          
'January 21 '22 (387) '23 '24 '25 '26 '27 (392)
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Gb1-20 Gb1-21 (*314) Gb1-22 Gb1-23 Gb1-24 Gb1-25
           
'January 28 '29 '30 '31 'February 1 '2
Al Naam ends. Al Baldaah begins. 2 3 (260) 4 5
Gb1-26 (256) Gb2-1 (*320) Gb2-2 Gb2-3 Gb2-4 Gb2-5 (*324)
           
'February 3 '4 (400) '5 '6 '7 '8
6 7 (264) 8 (*401) 9 10 11
Gb2-6 Gb2-7 Gb2-8 (264) Gb2-9 Gb2-10 Gb2-11 (*330)
          Deneb Algiedi (329.8)
'February 9 '10 '11 '12 '13 (409) '14
12 Al Baldaah ends. Saad Al Thabib begins 2 (272) 3 (*409) 4
Gb2-12 (268) Gb2-13 Gb2-14 Gb2-15 Gb2-16 Gb2-17 (*336)
Kuh (331.4)          
'15 (411) '16 '17 '18 '22h (414.8) '20
5 6 7 8 9 10 (280)
Gb6-28 (411) Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 Gb7-4 (415) Gb7-5 Gb7-6 (*480)

February 15 is day 365 + 46 = 411 and 411 - 268 (September 25) = 143 (= 365 - 222). I.e., 222 + 46 = 268. 222 + 46 + 143 = 411.

The Chinese Kuh means weeping, says Allen. The weeping maybe has to do with Sun leaving. The basic sign in Gb2-11 is vero.

"The sun is in the constellation from the 18th of January to the 14th of February, when, as Dante wrote in the Paradise,

The horn of the celestial goat doth touch the sun ..." (Allen)