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3. I have repeatedly stated we should avoid using our own calendar - it will so easily lead us astray, e.g. with July not a summer but a winter month and with equinox not at September 22 but at September 16 - but we ought in principle to be able to put the glyphs in the G text in parallel with the days of the year according to our own calendar. Let us try with Denebola. At present its heliacal rising is at 11h 47m:
South of the equator winter solstice comes 92 days after autumn equinox and 179.3 days after autumn equinox is therefore equal to ca 87 days after winter solstice (or equal to the time of spring equinox). We have earlier (cfr at The Crater) counted spring equinox south of the equator to be at September 16:
The Hindu nakshatra Uttara Phalgunī evidently coincides with September 16. India lies in the tropical belt and those living there should know the meaning of September 16 (spring equinox south of the equator) as well as of September 22 (autumn equinox north of the equator). Comparing with the Arabic system we will first notice the name Suhail for the nawaa:
Suhail probably means 'a location far down' (cfr at Egyptian X):
The implication is possibly that Sun (summer) is reaching 'his end' (deneb-ola) at autumn equinox. Most of the Arabs live north of the tropical belt. The beginning of the nawaa Suhail is said to be August 30 and coinciding with Alterf (significantly λ in Leo - similar to λ in Vela). This should happen in the 10th hour (where the heliacal rising of Alsuhail very nearly matches ha'u and the π glyph):
Alkes and Merak are stars which then ought to indicate autumn equinox north of the equator (because of the date September 22). September 16 is spring equinox south of the equator and the tamaiti glyph at Saturn in Ga4-11 could possibly be a sign of the arrival of the 'summer baby'. In Ga4-13 we can count 41 * 3 = 123 which maybe is a Sign of the increase (growth) everywhere dependent upon the presence of Sun. But closer at hand is to think 413 / 29½ = 14 and to compare with tamaiti in Gb7-3.
Thrice 123 could alternatively indicate the final of Sun. Maybe this idea agrees better with the central henua in Ga4-13 drawn with an open perimeter. When judging the meaning we had better also consider Ga5-3 (one day beyond 6 lunar months counted from autumn equinox south of the equator). The central henua signs are open at the top instead of at the bottom as in Ga1-27--28 (winter solstice). From Shir (ρ Leonis) - right on the ecliptic path of Sun on his way to the south - to δ Andromedae there seems to be (230 - 96) + 187 = 321 days (123 reversed). But maybe the distance instead should be counted as 55 + 96 = 151 days.
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