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3. According to the Hawaiian calendar the first 4 days of 'ebb' are hidden, so to say, inside the end of the previous month:

1 Hilo 7 Ole-ku-kahi 14 Akua 21 Ole-ku-kahi 26 Kane
2 Hoaka 8 Ole-ku-lua 15 Hoku 22 Ole-ku-lua 27 Lono
3 Ku-kahi 9 Ole-ku-kolu 16 Mahea-lani 23 Ole-pau 28 Mauli
4 Ku-lua 10 Ole-pau 17 Kulu 24 Kaloa-ku-kahi 29 Muku
5 Ku-kolu 11 Huna 18 Laau-ku-kahi 25 Kaloa-ku-lua
6 Ku-pau 12 Mohalu 19 Laau-ku-lua
  13 Hua 20 Laau-pau

Maybe they correspond to the 4 first kuhane stations, those which end with Te Kioe Uri:

Close to Rano Kau

Te Pu Mahore

Te Poko Uri

Te Manavai

Te Kioe Uri

26 Kane

27 Lono

28 Mauli

29 Muku

The colours agree, if we for the stations on the mainland of Easter Island follow the order of our week. But not if we colour the kuhane stations after their ordinal numbers:

Close to Rano Kau

1 Te Pu Mahore

2 Te Poko Uri

3 Te Manavai

4 Te Kioe Uri

26 Kane

27 Lono

28 Mauli

29 Muku

South of the equator Saturn 'inhabits' number 4 - which is quite necessary in order to create the new fire for number 5 - but north of the equator he evidently inhabits number 25 (in order to create the fire for Kane). In a way it makes sense, because when spring arrives on Easter Island it is the reverse on Hawaii, the beginning of the season of Sun-is-present on Easter Island must coincide with the end of Sun-is-present on Hawaii - he cannot be in both places at the same time.

This can also explain the absent night number 26 in the Hawaiian calendar - the night of Kane is number 27, not number 26 - number 26 is a day of Sun, but he is far away south of the equator. That is, the Hawaiian calendar should primarily be a calendar for the year, not for the month.

Furthermore, if we count the number of 'nights' from Kane and forward up to and including Ku-pau (which we have tentatively identified as the 'night' corresponding to Te Kioe Uri), they will be 10 or equal to the number of months for Sun:

1 Kane

5 Hilo

 

11 Ole-ku-kahi

18 Akua

25 Ole-ku-kahi

2 Lono

6 Hoaka

12 Ole-ku-lua

19 Hoku

26 Ole-ku-lua

3 Mauli

7 Ku-kahi

13 Ole-ku-kolu

20 Mahea-lani

27 Ole-pau

4 Muku

8 Ku-lua

14 Ole-pau

21 Kulu

28 Kaloa-ku-kahi

 

9 Ku-kolu

15 Huna

22 Laau-ku-kahi

29 Kaloa-ku-lua

10 Ku-pau

16 Mohalu

23 Laau-ku-lua

 

17 Hua

24 Laau-pau

The first night when the new Moon is visible is number Hilo, conspiciously the only Sunday among them.

We can compare with our primary text example (only to see where it leads, not in order to suggest anything new):

end of the old one
Eb7-1 Eb7-2
1 Kane 2 Lono
1 Te Pu Mahore 2 Te Poko Uri
front side
 
Eb7-3 Eb7-4
3 Mauli 4 Muku
3 Te Manavai 4 Te Kioe Uri
Eb7-5 Eb7-6 Eb7-7
Te Piringa Aniva Te Pei Te Pou
 
Eb7-8 Eb7-9
Hua Reva Akahanga