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5 were the number of days from day 360 (= 20 * 18) to day 365 and 5 were also the number of days from day 260 (= 20 * 13)  to day 265:

Jan

31

31

Febr

28

59

March

21

80 (equinox)

 

31

90

April

30

120

May

31

151

June

30

181

July

31

212

Aug

31

243

Sept

21

265 (equinox)

 

30

273

Oct

31

304

Nov

30

334

Dec

31

365

And instead of counting 26 days for each king on page 1 of Manuscript E we could perhaps count 29:

ko oto uta

ariki motongi

1

29

ko tangaroa.a oto uta

ariki motongi

2

58

ko tiki hati.a tangaroa

ariki motongi

3

87

ko roroi.a tiki hati

ariki motongi

4

116

ko tuu kumā.a roroi

ariki motongi

5

145

ko ataranga.a tuu kumā

ariki motongi

6

174

ko harai.a ataranga

ariki motongi

7

203

ko taana.a harai

ariki motongi

8

232

ko matua.a taana

ariki motongi

9

261

ko hotu.a matua

ariki motongi

10

290

This would then lead us to the conclusion that the 5 'masters' (ariki maahu) of Oto Uta might have represented the difference between 295 (10 lunar synodic months) and 290.

26 seems to have been a basic time unit for the Sun north of the equator

91

91

91

91

52

260 = 5 * 52

52

364 = 4 * 91 = 7 * 52

... This connects up the present section with the beginning of the 'sacred tonalamatl', at the Spring equinox with the Mayas as with the Mexicans, and in the center of the 364-day year (52 days of which preceded and 52 followed the tonalamatl or tzolkin), ruled by its 91-day quarters by the Four Bacabs, whose quarternary repetition (in the 1820-day period) we have thus verified ...

while at the same time south of the equator a basic unit of time for the Moon was 29.

ko oto uta (ariki motongi 1):

ko moe hiva

ariki maahu

1

ko tuku maura

ariki maahu

2

ko ngerani

ariki maahu

3

ko po

ariki maahu

4

ko henga

ariki maahu

5

ko oto uta

ariki motongi

1

29

34

ko tangaroa.a oto uta

ariki motongi

2

58

63

ko tiki hati.a tangaroa

ariki motongi

3

87

92

ko roroi.a tiki hati

ariki motongi

4

116

121

ko tuu kumā.a roroi

ariki motongi

5

145

150

ko ataranga.a tuu kumā

ariki motongi

6

174

179

ko harai.a ataranga

ariki motongi

7

203

208

ko taana.a harai

ariki motongi

8

232

237

ko matua.a taana

ariki motongi

9

261

266

ko hotu.a matua

ariki motongi

10

290

295

265 (up in the north) + 295 (down in the south) = 560 = 20 * 28, where 28 (= 4 weeks) were the number of nights in a month when it could be seen how the face of the Moon was illuminated from the rays of the Sun.

59 520 481 270
Ab1-1 Ab7-26 Aa5-7 Aa8-26
580 = 20 * 29 754 = 26 * 29

Mercury

Jupiter

Venus

Saturn

Sun

Moon

Mars

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

And then we can perceive 5 as the difference between right ascension day 285 (December 31) and right ascension day 280 (December 26 → 10 * 26 = 260):

te inoino te tagata E inoino te inoino kua haga 6

Haga. 1. Bay, fishing spot. (Figuratively) he haga o te ákuáku, it is the [evil] spirit's fishing spot, i.e. a place where they hide waiting for people to fall under their power. 2. To want, to love. Ku haga á i te vai, I want water, I am thirsty. Vanaga. 1. Bay, strait, anchorage, strand, beach. P Mq.: hana, haka, small bay, creek, cove. 2. Work, labor, employment, act, affair, creation, design, state, maker, fashion, manufacture, occupation, profession; to do, to make, to construct, to employ, to form, to manufacture, to fashion, to found, to be busy with; haga rakerake, crime; tagata haga ei mea, mercenary; haga no iti, to plot mischief; haga ke, to act contrary; haga takataka, to disjoin; haga nui, difficulty, fatigue, to weary; tuhi ki te haga, to give employment; haga hakahou, to make over, to renew, recovery; haga koroiti, to deal prudently; haga nuinui ke, to overburden. P Pau.: haga, to do, action, work, a deed. Mgv.: haga, aga, work, labor. Mq.: hana, haka, action, act, work, occupation. Ta.: haa, work, to labor, to make. 3. Agreement, conduct, liking, intention, desire, will; to resolve, to permit, to endeavor, to tolerate, to be willing, to wish, to approve; haga ihoiho, fixed desire; haga mai, haga no mai, to agree, to hearken favorably; tae haga, despite, involuntary, to refuse, to renounce; noho hakahaga, apathy. 4. = haka. Pau.: haga = haka. 5. Mgv.: haga, a fish. Mq.: haka, id. 6. Mgv.: haga, a fishtrap. Sa.: faga, a fish-trap, bird-cage. Ma.: hanganoa, a small basket for cooked fish. 7. Mgv.: haga, a measure of a fathom. Ta.: aa, to measure length. Mq.: aka, ana, to measure with the arms. Ma.: whanga, id. Churchill. Hagaava (haga 1 - ava 2), entrance of a harbor. Hagahaga: 1. (haga 2), work. 2. hesitation, to hesitate. Churchill.

Ca10-28 Ca10-29 (284) Ca11-1 Ca11-2 Ca11-3
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
June 29 30 July 1 2 3 (184)

 ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), MEBSUTA (Outstretched)  = ε Gemini (100.7)

SIRIUS = α Canis Majoris (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae (101.4), ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7)

*60.0 = *101.4 - *41.4

τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae (102.4)

*61.0 = *102.4 - *41.4

Mash-mashu-sha-Risū-9 (Twins of the Shepherd)

θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), ALHENA = γ Gemini (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9)
ADARA (Virgins) = ε Canis Majoris (104.8)
DAY 100 101 102 103 104 (= 4 * 26)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Dec 29 30 (364) 31 Jan 1 2

ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)

*242.0 = *283.4 - *41.4

South Dipper-8 (Unicorn)

Φ Sagittarii (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)

SHELIAK (Tortoise) = β Lyrae, ν Lyrae (285.1), ο Draconis (285.5). λ Pavonis (285.7)

ATLAS (27 Tauri)

χ Oct. (286.0), AIN AL RAMI (Eye of the Archer) = ν Sagittarii (286.2), υ Draconis (286.4), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), ALYA (Fat Tail) = θ Serpentis (286.6)

*245.0 = *286.4 - *41.4

ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., SULAPHAT (Little Tortoise Shell) = γ Lyrae (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), ASCELLA (Armpit) = ζ Sagittarii, BERED = i Aquilae (Ant.) (287.9)

*246.0 = *287.4 - *41.4
'Dec 2 (336 = 14 * 24) 3 4 5 6
DAY 283 284 285 (= 365 - 80) 286 287
etoru inoino hakahagana hia to rima - te inoino

When Metoro read a few rongorongo texts for Bishop Jaussen on Tahiti he used hia at glyphs from where to count.

Ca11-10 Ca11-11 (295) Ca11-12 Ca11-13
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
July 10 11 (192) 12 13

ALUDRA (Virgin) = η Canis Majoris (111.1), PROPUS = ι Gemini (111.4),  GOMEISA (Water-eyed) = β Canis Minoris (111.6)

*70.0 = *111.4 - *41.4

ρ Gemini (112.1), Eskimo Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini (112.2)

ANTARES (α Scorpii)

Al Dhirā'-5 (Forearm) / Punarvasu-7 / Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One of the Twins)

CASTOR (Beaver) = α Gemini (113.4)

*72.0 = *113.4 - *41.4

ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA-7 (Pillar for elocution)

υ Gemini (114.0), MARKAB PUPPIS = κ Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON = α Canis Minoris (114.9)
DAY 111 112 (= 295 - 183) 113 114
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Jan 9 10 11 12 (377)

DENEB OKAB (Tail of the Eagle) = δ Aquilae (Ant.) (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9)

ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), ALBIREO (Ab Ireo) = β Cygni (295.5)

ALSAFI (Fire Tripod) = σ Draconis (296.0), μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9)

ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), SHAM (Arrow) = α Sagittae (297.8)

*256.0 = *297.4 - *41.4
'Dec 13 14 15 16 (350)
DAY 294 295 (= 290 + 5) 296 297