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7. The 2nd Hindu moon station is Bharani at Musca Borealis. Where is then the 13th station, is it connected with Crux, Raven, and Musca Australis? In Lunar Mansions we summarized the first 10 Hindu stations:

Ashvini Bharani Krittikā Rohini Mrigashīrsha
β and γ Arietis 35, 19, and 41 Arietis 45 Tauri α Tauri λ, φ¹, and φ² Orionis
Ardra Punarvasu Pushya Āshleshā Maghā
α Orionis α and β Gemini γ, δ and θ Cancri δ, ε, η, ρ, and σ Hydrae α Leonis

I have above elminated the earlier colours based on number because they evidently are irrelevant.

10
Gb7-24 Gb7-25 (436) Gb7-26 Gb8-6 Gb8-7 (449) Gb8-8
1. Ashvini 2. Bharani
13 9
Gb8-22 Gb8-23 (465) Gb8-24 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 (477) Ga1-5
3. Krittika 4. Rohini
12 2
Ga1-18 Ga1-19 (492) Ga1-20 (21) Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25 (26)
5. Mrigashirsha 6. Ardra
22
Ga2-18 Ga2-19 (50) Ga2-20 Ga2-21 (52) Ga2-22 Ga2-23
Moe 7. Punarvasu
10
Ga3-5 Ga3-6 (66) Ga3-7 Ga3-8 (540) Ga3-9 Ga3-10 (**42)
8. Pushya Pushya & Ashlesha 9. Ashlesha
18
Ga4-5 (*153) Ga4-6 (90) Ga4-7
Moe 10. Magha

At Denebola we added 2 more stations:

12
Ga4-20 (104) Ga4-21 (*77) Ga4-22
11. Purva Phalguni
7
Ga5-3 Ga5-4 Ga5-5 (*180)
12. Uttara Phalguni

We can now prolong the earlier list:

Purva Phalguni Uttara Phalguni Hasta
δ and θ Leonis β Leonis α, β, γ, δ, ε Corvi
3
Ga5-9 (120) Ga5-10 Ga5-11 (*186) Ga5-12
Alchita (184.1) Minkar (184.7) Gienah (186.1)  
Ga5-13 Ga5-14 Ga5-15 Ga5-16 (**99)
    Algorab (189.5) Kraz (190.7)
13. Hasta

The word hasta means 'the hand', says Wikipedia. I imagine the 13th station should 'take care' of the descending 'person' at the horizon in the west. A reasonable task for a Raven.

... The manik, with the tzab, or serpent's rattles as prefix, runs across Madrid tz. 22 , the figures in the pictures all holding the rattle; it runs across the hunting scenes of Madrid tz. 61, 62, and finally appears in all four clauses of tz. 175, the so-called 'baptism' tzolkin. It seems impossible, with all this, to avoid assigning the value of grasping or receiving. But in the final confirmation, we have the direct evidence of the signs for East and West. For the East we have the glyph Ahau-Kin, the Lord Sun, the Lord of Day; for the West we have Manik-Kin, exactly corresponding to the term Chikin, the biting or eating of the Sun, seizing it in the mouth ... (cfr at Hiro)