12. We have read in the glyphs that a new fire is generated with what appears to be the proper procedures in hakaariki and kava (Gb5-24--25):
And, we should remember, 5 days before hakaariki the star at the end of Crux seems to have its midnight culmination:
The day numbers above, e.g. 52 at February 20, assume the year is beginning with December 31. Which of the pair of alternative dates I have suggested for hoea pau in Gb3-30 will fit with those I have tried above? The dates for the midnight culminations of the Crux stars were generated mechanically from moving backwards 229 days from the dates of their heliacal risings. They therefore are easy to combine with the date for mauga generated mechanically from moving 229 days backwards from 93 Leonis. They should therefore also be easy to combine with December 24 at hoea pau, because this date was derived by extrapolating backwards from March 21 at Gb6-25:
408 (Gb6-25) - 321 (Gb3-30) = 87 = 7 (December 25 - December 31) + 80 (January 1 - March 21). 355 (reversed hau tea in Gb5-1) - 322 (reversed hau tea in Gb4-1) = 33 = 6 (December 26 - December 31) + 27 (January). An overview will be useful:
February 19 is at right ascension 22h:
In the morning newspaper it says today (February 10) is the beginning of the Chinese new year. |
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