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The first of 12 Rei glyphs - all on side a - is the little one at the end of line a1:

Ga1-30 (31) Ga2-1 (*95)
 κ Aurigae (93.6) Furud (94.9), Tejat Posterior, Mirzam (95.4)
'June 23 (St John's Eve) '24 (St John's Day)
Albatain 11 12
Ga2-2 Ga2-3 Ga2-4
Canopus (95.6), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)    
'June 25 '26 (177) '27
Albatain 13 (40) Al Tuwaibe' 1 2
Ga2-5 (36) Ga2-6 (*100) Ga2-7 Ga2-8
ν Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4) ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), Mebsuta (100.7),  Sirius (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4) ψ6 Aurigae (101.7),  τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4) 
'June 28 '29 (180) '30 'July 1
Al Tuwaibe' 3 4 5 (45)  6
Ga2-9 Ga2-10 Ga2-11 (42) Ga2-12
ψ8 Aurigae (103.2) Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) Adara (104.8), ω Gemini (105.4) Muliphein (105.8)
'July 2 '3 '4 (185) '5
Al Tuwaibe' 7 8 (48) 9 10
Ga2-13 Ga2-14 (*108) Ga2-15 Ga2-16 Ga2-17 (48)
Wezen (107.1)     Wasat (109.8) Aludra (111.1)
'7h (106.5) 'July 7 '8 '9 '10
Al Tuwaibe' 11 12 13 Heka 1 (54) 2
Ga2-18 Ga2-19 Ga2-20 Ga2-21 Ga2-22 Ga2-23 (54)
Gomeisa (111.6), ρ Gemini (112.1) Castor (113.4)   Markab (114.7), Procyon (114.9) σ Gemini (115.7), Pollux (116.2) Azmidiske (117.4)
'July 11 (192) '12 '13 '14 '15 '16
Heka 3 4 5 6 (59) 7 8
Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 (*120)
    χ Carinae (119.9)
'17 '18 'July 19 (200)
9 10 Heka 11 (64)

The manzil day numbers are 7 higher than the glyph numbers. The Gregorian day numbers are 136 higher than the manzil day numbers.

The 2nd Rei comes 27 days later than the first one and it coincides with the heliacal rising (at the time of G) of the star ζ in Argo Navis:

Ga2-27 Ga2-28 (59) Ga2-29 Ga3-1
Naos (121.3) Heap of Fuel (122.1) Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3)
'July 20 '8h (121.7) 22/7 = π '23 (204)
Heka 12 13 Alhena 1 2 (68)

July 22 can be interpreted as the inverse of 22 / 7 (an approximation of π). Together with 2-29, which alludes to the number of glyphs on side a, the purpose could have been to convey the idea of 'entrance' (because π measures where the first half of the circle's circumference is ending). The glyph at the star Alhena (γ Gemini) indeed has a hole:

Ga2-9 Ga2-10 Ga2-11 (42) Ga2-12
ψ8 Aurigae (103.2) Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) Adara (104.8), ω Gemini (105.4) Muliphein (105.8)
'July 2 '3 '4 (185) '5
Al Tuwaibe' 7 8 (48) 9 10

On Easter Island the beginning of July is comparable to the beginning of January north of the equator.

At the south pole all the right ascension lines stream together into a single point, as when the spokes of a wheel originate from its nave. This is the place of Argo Navis. Right ascension line 8h is immediately beyond Naos.