2. According to Manuscript E (and Barthel's The Eighth Land) the 2 + 5 = 7 explorers arrived at Hanga Hoonu in the 18th day of the month of Anakena and stayed there for 5 days. Supposing Anakena equals July, then the explorers would have arrived at Hanga Hoonu in July 18 and left in July 23. Rei at Ga2-27 is today at 8h, and 30 days beyond the June solstice. The following day can be imagined as a 'zero day' because July 22 alludes to the approximation 22 / 7 for π:
We have no proof that Anakena equals July. However, a 'fire' was initiated at Hanga Hoonu, by fetching it from their canoe. This event could have occurred at Ga2-24, because 24 means 'midnight', when the old cycle no longer rules, and the presence of Venus - green - ought to have been necessary for 'giving birth' to next cycle. I have black-marked July 18 because number 18 refers to Saturn, and it is Saturn who is responsible for igniting new fires. July 17 is marked green to indicate Venus. Perhaps first there was a conjunction of Venus with Jupiter, who is 'behind' it all, and maybe Anakena 18 equals our July 17 (9 + 17 = 26 days after the solstice). However, if precession has moved the stars ahead with 1 day - as a consequence of a supposed difference in time between the date of the G text on one hand and the information I have compiled from my astronomy book on the other - then it means 8h at that time would have been at Ga2-28 instead of at Ga2-27. And July 18 would have been at Ga2-25 instead of at Ga2-24. The π date would have been at Ga2-29:
My suggestion is attractive from several points of view. For instance will my planetary colours for the dates be in harmony with the colours for the glyphs. The stars are fixed to the glyphs and every 72 years counting from equinox has to begin 1 glyph earlier. Hanga Hoonu could according to this view be a 'week' in the sky, and the explorers could have arrived there at Ga2-25 - a Saturday with no light. They would leave after 5 days at the π date. This would then have repercussions e.g. for exactly where the June solstice was at the time when the text was created:
I have here coloured the glyph labels after counting from Ga1-1 (not from Gb8-30). Moon should define the limit for Sun and be at day 20. I think the above discussion rings true. The 'month' Anakena (in the sky) would stay fixed in relation to the glyphs and the stars, and today the sky position of Anakena 1 would be 1 day later than July 1:
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