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4. The manzil system continues past the end of January and beyond the nawaa Ash Shabt:

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 (sic!)
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
Al Tharaeen Al Muakhar 19 April (474) 13 350 Pollux
Alrescha 2 May (487) 15 365 Alrescha

This is an argument for a continuation of the right ascension positions past the end of side a and also past the 20h line:

Ga8-17 Ga8-18 (222) Ga8-19 Ga8-20 (*287)
Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8), φ Sagittarii (284.1) Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1) Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3) Alya (286.6), ξ Sagittarii (287.1), Sulaphat (287.4)
'December 30 (364) '31 'January 1 '2
228 229 230 Qalb al Akraab ends (231).
Ga8-21 Ga8-22 Ga8-23 Ga8-24 Ga8-25 (*292)
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)
'January 3 (368) '4 '5 '6 '7
Shaula begins. 2 3 4 5 (236)
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)
'January 8 '9 '10 '11
6 7 8 9 (240)
Gb1-4 Gb1-5 Gb1-6 (236) Gb1-7 (*300)
  Sham (297.8) Tarazed (299.3) Altair (300.3)
'January 12 (377) '13 '14 '15
10 11 12 Shaula ends (244).
Gb1-8 Gb1-9 Gb1-10 Gb1-11 (*304) Gb1-12 (242)
  Alshain (301.6)      
'January 16 (381) '17 '18 '19 '20
Al Naam begins. 2 3 4 5 (249)

There are 8 weeks from the manzil day numbers to the right ascension days at the time of G; for instance (at Ga8-25) *292 - 56 = 236.

Gb1-13 Gb1-14 (*307) Gb1-15 Gb1-16 Gb1-17 Gb1-18 Gb1-19
  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