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The Chinese had Spica at the beginning:

1

Horn

α Virginis (Spica)

Crocodile

Oct 9 (282)

2

Neck

κ Virginis

Dragon

Oct 21 (294)

3

Root

α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi)

Badger

Oct 31 (304)

4

Room

π Scorpii (Vrischika)

Hare

Nov 17 (321)

5

Heart

σ Scorpii

Fox

Nov 23 (327)

6

Tail

μ Scorpii (Denebakrab)

Tiger

Nov 30 (334)

7

Winnowing Basket

γ Sagittarii (Nash)

Leopard

Dec 19 (353)

December solstice

8

South Dipper

φ Sagittarii (?)

Unicorn

Dec 30 (364)

9

Ox / Herd Boy

β Capricornii (Dabih)

Buffalo

Jan 23 (388)

10

Girl

ε Aquarii (Albali)

Bat

Jan 29 (394)

11

Emptiness

β Aquarii (Sadalsud)

Rat

Febr 9 (405)

12

Rooftop

α Aquarii (Sadalmelik)

Swallow

Febr 18 (414)

13

House

α Pegasi (Markab)

Pig

March 5 (429)

March equinox

14

Wall

γ Pegasi (Algenib)

Porcupine

March 22 (81)

15

Legs

η Andromedae (?)

Wolf

April 1 (91)

16

Bond

β Arietis (Sheratan)

Dog

April 17 (107)

17

Stomach

4¹ Arietis (Bharani)

Pheasant

May 1 (121)

18

Hairy Head

η Tauri (Alcyone) (?)

Cockerel

May 16 (136)

19

Net

ε Tauri (Ain)

Crow

May 25 (145)

20

Turtle Head

λ Orionis (Heka)

Monkey

June 12 (163)

21

Three Stars

ζ Orionis (Alnitak)

Gibbon

June 13 (164)

June solstice

22

Well

μ Gemini (Tejat Posterior)

Tapir

June 24 (175)

23

Ghost

ρ Gemini ?

Goat

July 11 (192)

24

Willow

δ Hydrae

Stag

July 28 (209)

25

Star

α Hydrae (Alphard)

Horse

Aug 10 (222)

26

Extended Net

ε Hydrae / μ Hydrae

Ox

July 30 (211) / Aug 25 (237)

27

Wings

α Crateris (Alkes)

Snake

Sept 2 (245)

28

Chariot

γ Corvi (Gienah)

Worm

Sept 22 (265)

September equinox

And, we can see, they had an exceptional place not determined by a specific star but by 2 stars, viz. Extended Net, which covered 27 days (evidently resembling the 27 days the Explorers spent in Oromanga).

45 days

7 days

5 days

1 day

27 days

5 days

"July 11 (192)

6

"July 18 (199)

4

"July 23 (204)

"July 24 (205)

25

"Aug 19 (231)

"Aug 20 (232)

4

Te Anakena 11

Te Anakena 18

Te Anakena 23

Te Anakena 24

Hora Iti 19

Hora Iti 20

Hanga Takaure

Hanga Hoonu

Rangi Meamea

Oromanga

Papa O Pea

Ga4-6 (89) - (95) Ga4-13 (96) - (100) Ga4-18 (88 + 13) Ga4-19 (102) - (128)

(129) - (133)

Cb6-12 (127) - (233) Cb6-19 (134) - (138) Cb6-24 (18 * 29½) Cb6-25 (140) - (166)

(167) - (171)

However, there are 6 days from July 24 to July 30, possibly corresponding to the difference between 192 and 186:

... The date when they all got up and went downhill from their house and yam plantation was in "July 5 (186).

ihe tamaiti kotia - te hokohuki kava haati kiore te hokohuki kua tu te rau hei te moko - te hokohuki

Tia. (Tiha G) .To sew. T Mgv.: tia, to prick, to pierce, to stick in. Churchill. Ta.: tia, the lower belly. Mq.: tia-kopu, pubes. Ma.: tia, the lower abdomen. Tiahonu, to piece together. Mq.: tuhonu, to mend, to patch. Ma.: tuhonu, to join. Churchill. Mq.: tiaha, drinking cup. Ha.: kiaha, a cup, a mug. Tikao, to dig out, to disembowel. Ma.: tikaro, to dig out of a hole. Churchill. KIA. s. Haw., pillar or inner post of a house supporting the roof, any kind of pillar or post, a mast of a vessel; kia-aina, a supporter of the land, a governor of a province. Marqu., tia, id. Sam., ti'a, the stick used in tanga-tia, a man's head (abusively); tia-pula, taro-tops cut off for planting. Sunda, tihang. Mal., tiang, a pillar. Greek, κιων, a pillar, support of the roof, the identical sense of the Polynesian usage of the word. Liddell and Scott give no etymology or connections of κιων. (Fornander)

Cb6-5 (146 + 366) Cb6-6 (11 * 11) Cb6-7 (392 + 122) Cb6-8 Cb6-9 Cb6-10 Cb6-11
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion)

ψ Leonis (146.4), RAS ELASET AUSTRALIS = ε Leonis (146.6)

*105.0 = *146.4 - *41.4
VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae (147.9)

υ¹ Hydrae (148.4), RAS ELASET BOREALIS (Northern Head of the Lion) = μ Leonis (148.7)

*107.0 = *148.4 - *41.4
TSEEN KE (Heaven's Record) = φ Velorum (149.9) ν Leonis (150.1), π Leonis (150.6) υ² Hydrae (151.8)

Al Jabhah-8 (Forehead) / Maghā-10 (Bountiful) / Sharru-14 (King)

10h (152.2)

AL JABHAH = η Leonis (152.4), REGULUS (Little KIng) = α Leonis (152.7)

*111.0 = *152.4 - *41.4
Aug 14 15 (227) 16 17 18

19

20
'July 18 19 (200) 20 21 22 23 24
"July 4 TE ANAKENA 5 (186) 6 7 8 9 TE ANAKENA 10 (191)
HELIACAL STARS:

Arkat sha hi-na Shahū-27 (Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat)

ENIF (The Nose) = ε Pegasi, ERAKIS = μ Cephei (329.2), 46 CAPRICORNI, JIH (the Sun) = κ Pegasi (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), DENEB ALGIEDI δ Capricorni (329.8)

*288.0 = *329.4 - *41.4
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ Oct. (330.7)

KUH (Weeping) = μ Capricorni (331.4), γ Gruis (331.5)

*290.0 = *331.4 - *41.4
no star listed (332)

η Piscis Austrini (333.4)

*292.0 = *333.4 - *41.4

22h (334.8)

KAE UH (Roof) = ο Aquarii (334.0), AL KURHAH (White Spot) = ξ Cephei (334.4), SADALMELIK (Lucky King) = α Aquarii, AL DHANAB (The Tail) = λ Gruis (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7)

*293.0 = *334.4 - *41.4
ι Pegasi (335.0), ALNAIR (The Bright One) = α Gruis (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3), WOO (Pestle) = π Pegasi (335.7), BAHAM = θ Pegasi, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8)

July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date ...

1776 (= 4 * 444) A.D. was a leap year and therefore July 4 was not day 185 but day 186.

... Ira grew angry and quarreled [he kakai] with Makoi. He said the following (to him): 'You did not pay attention, last-born, and you did not [tae] give the (full) name. This is how it should be [Penei]: the Manavai of Hau Maka of Hiva, in memory (mo aringa ora) of the father, of his dream soul'. Makoi replied, 'In Hiva the land belongs to him - the land here is mine, not his [tae oona]!' (E:21)

tu te rau hei ku hakahonui raua kiore hokohuki te rau hei te moko e te hokohuki
Cb6-12 Cb6-13 (520) Cb6-14 Cb6-15 (130) Cb6-16 Cb6-17 Cb6-18
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
"July 11 (192) 12 13 (195 = 13 * 15) 15 16 17
HANGA TAKAURE

And there are 8 + 27 = 35 glyphs from hia (count!) at August 31 (243 = 9 * 27) up to and including tagata rogo at October 4 (277):

kotîa hia te kava tu kiore tu te ika te moko e te hokohuki
Cb6-22 (137) Cb6-23 Cb6-24 Cb6-25 Cb6-26 (365 + 141 = 533)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ν Hydrae (163.1)

no star listed (164)

ALTAIR (α Aquilae)

Wings-27 (Snake → stream of water)

η Octans (165.4), ALKES (Shallow Basin) = α Crateris (165.6)

*124.0 = *165.4 - *41.4

ANA-TIPU-4 (Upper-side-pillar - where the guards stood)

MERAK (Loin, not Lion) = β Ursae Majoris (166.2), DUBHE (Bear) = α Ursae Majoris (166.7)

11h (167.4)

χ Leonis, χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3)

*167.4 - *41.4 = *126.0
Aug 31 Sept 1 (244 = 180 + 64) 2 3 4
'Aug 4 (365 + 216 = 581) 5 6 (218 = 401 - 183) 7 (584 → Venus) 8
Te Anakena 21 22 23 (204) 24 25
HANGA HOONU RANGI MEAMEA OROMANGA
JUNE 28 29 (180) 30 (181 → Sirius) JULY 1 2
DAY 163 164 165 = 181 - 16 166 167
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
March 1 2 3 (365 + 63 = 428) 4 5
'Febr 3 4 5 (365 + 36 = 401) 6 7
kua tupu te kihikihi ku kikiu te henua Te hokohuki te moko
Cb6-27 Cb6-28 Cb6-29 (392 + 144 = 536) Cb7-1 Cb7-2 (146)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
AL SHARAS (The Ribs) = β Crateris (168.6)

Al Zubrah-9 (Mane) / Purva Phalguni-11 (First Reddish One - Fig Tree)

ZOSMA (Girdle, not Belt) = δ Leonis (169.2), COXA (Hips) = θ Leonis (169.4)

*169.4 - *41.4 = *128.0

φ Leonis (170.0), ALULA (First Spring of the Gazelle) = ξ, ν Ursae Majoris (170.5), LABRUM = δ Crateris (170.6)

σ Leonis (171.1), λ Crateris (171.6), ι Leonis, ε Crateris (171.9)

γ Crateris,  π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5), τ Leonis (172.8)

GREDI (α Capricorni)

... God created Eve from one of Adam's ribs and therefore I at first tried to translate the female (β) star name Al Sharas with The Rib. Although according to Allen this star was plural: '... β ... was one of Al Tizini's Al Sharāsīf, the Ribs, - i.e. of the Hydra, - and the first of the set.' Adam had, as I remember it, another wife before Eve, viz. Lilith ...

Sept 5 (248) 6 7 8 9
'Aug 9 10 (222) 11 12 13 (365 + 225 = 590)
TE ANAKENA 26 27 (208) 28 29 30
OROMANGA
JULY 3 4 (185 = 208 - 23) 5 6 7
DAY 168 169 170 171 172
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
March 6 7 8 (68) 9 10
'Febr 8 9 (40) 10 11 12 (365 + 43 = 408)
te rau hei te hokohuki - rere te manu te rau hei te moko - te hokohuki rere te manu
Cb7-3 Cb7-4 (540 = 20 * 27) Cb7-5 Cb7-6 Cb7-7 (151)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ο¹ Centauri (173.8) GIAUZAR = λ Draconis (174.0), ξ Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ Centauri (174.8) θ Crateris (175.0), υ Leonis (175.2), ω Virginis (175.3), ι Crateris (175.5) ο Hydrae (176.1) ζ Crateris, ξ Virginis  (177.0), λ Muscae (177.1), ν Virginis (177.2), μ Muscae (177.8)
Sept 10 11 (254 = 190 + 64) 12 13 14
'Aug 14 15 (227 → π) 16 17 18 (236 - 6)
TE ANAKENA 31 HORA ITI 1 2 (214 = 2 * 107) 3 4
OROMANGA
JULY 8 9 (190) 10 11 12 (193)
DAY 173 174 175 176 177 (= 6 * 29½)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
March 11 12 13 (360 / 5) 14 → π 15
'Febr 13 14 (365 + 45 = 410) 15 16 17 (413 = 14 * 29½)
te hoko huki te moko te hokohuki te maitaki te hau tea te rau hei te moko tanu

... A une certaine saison, on amassait des vivres, on faisait fête On emmaillotait un corail, pierre de défunt lezard, on l'enterrait, tanu. Cette cérémonie était un point de départ pour beacoup d'affaires, notamment de vacances pour le chant des tablettes ou de la priére, tanu i te tau moko o tana pure, enterrer la pierre sépulcrale de lézard de sa prière ...

Cb7-8 Cb7-9 Cb7-10 Cb7-11 (155) Cb7-12 Cb7-13 Cb7-14
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Al Sarfah-10 (Turn) / Uttara Phalguni-12 (Second Reddish One) / Zibbat A.-16 (Tail of the Lion) / Shēpu-arkū sha-A-17 (Hind Leg of the Lion)

93 Leonis (178.0), DENEBOLA = β Leonis (178.3), ALARAPH (Unarmed) = β Virginis (178.6)
PHEKDA ('Thigh') = γ Ursae Majoris, β Hydrae  (179.3), η Crateris (179.9) 

DENEB CYGNI (α Cygni)

no star listed (180) π Virginis (181.0), θ Crucis (181.5)

12h (182.6)

ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5)
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ (Root of the Tail) = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9)

... Ishtar appears on the walls of Uruk and curses the two heroes who have shamed her, but Enkidu tears out the right thigh of the Bull of Heaven and flings it in her face, amidst brutal taunts. It seems to be part of established procedure in those circles. Susanowo did the same to the sun-goddess Amaterasu, and so did Odin the Wild Hunter to the man who stymied him. A scene of popular triumph and rejoicings follows. But the gods have decided that Enkidu must die, and he is warned by a somber dream after he falls sick ...

Sept 15 16 17 (260) 18 19 20 21
'Aug 19 20 21 22 23 24 (236 = 8 * 29½) 25
HORA ITI 5 6 7 8 9 10 (222) 11
OROMANGA
JULY 13 14 (195) 15 16 17 18 19 (200)
DAY 178 179 180 181 182 183 184
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
March 16 17 18 19 20 (79) 21 22
'Febr 18 19 20 21 (52) 22 23 24 (420)
'Febr 25 26 27 28 29 (425) 'March 1 (60) 2  
March 23 24 25 (84) 26 27 (452) 28 29  
te hokohuki e haga o rave hia te rau hei te hoko huki - ma te huaga vero hia te rau hei te moko hokohuki
Cb7-15 Cb7-16 (160) Cb7-17 Cb7-18 Cb7-19 (555) Cb7-20 Cb7-21 Cb7-22 → π
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Hasta-13 (Hand) / Chariot-28 (Worm)

GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH (Corner) = η Virginis (185.9)

*144.0 = *185.4 - *41.4
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3)

INTROMETIDA (Inserted) = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)

*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4
γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7) γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)  

α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)

Al Áwwā'-11 (The Barker) / Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West Shur)

SOMBRERO GALAXY = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5)

*150.0 = *191.4 - *41.4

ι Crucis (192.2), β Muscae (192.5), MIMOSA = β Crucis (192.9)

Equinox Sept 23 (266) 24 25 26 27 28 29 (2 * 136)
'Aug 26 27 28 (240) 29 30 31 'Sept 1 2 (245)
HORA ITI 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (230) 19
OROMANGA
tagata ka pau tagata rima oho ki te kihikihi - ki te ragi koia ra kua mau - i te ahi e tagata rogo

Lono, v. Haw., to hear, observe, obey; pass., it is said, reported; s. report, fame, tidings. Sam., longo, to hear, report; s. sound; longoma, to hear; longonoa, be deaf; longo-longoa, be famed, renowned. Tah., roa, report, fame, notoriety; pa-roo, famous; tui-roo, id. Marqu., ono or oko (k for ng), sound, to hear. N. Zeal., rongo, to hear, to sound, report, news. Tong., ongo, sound, tidings. Fiji., rongo, id. Iaw., runu, to hear. By the usual sound exchange of l and n, perhaps the Haw. nana, to bark, to growl, and the N. Zeal. nganga, noise, uproar, refer themselves to this family. Sanskr., ran, to shout, to sound; rana, noise; rana-rana, mosquito. Pers., lânah, cry, noise; lândan, to cry, to bark; ka-rânah, a raven. Irish, lonach, talkative, a babbler; lon, a blackbird; r'an, ranach, a cry, roarings. Lat., rana, frog. A. Pictet (Orig. Ind.-Eur., i. 474) refers the Greek κορωνη, a crow, a jackdaw, to the Sanskrit ran. Perhaps the Swedish röna, to be aware of, to experience, apprendre, goes back to the Polynesian lono or the Sanskrit ran. Fornander. Rogorogo: Originally, 'orators, bards' of Mangareva. Borrowed into the Rapanui language in 1871, it came to generically signify the wooden tablets incised with glyphs, the writing system itself, and the respective inscriptions. Earlier the term ta was used for the writings. Fischer. Mgv.: rogouru, ten. Mq.: onohuu, okohuu, id. Churchill.

Cb7-23 Cb7-24 (560 = 80 weeks) Cb7-25 → 360 Cb7-26 Cb7-27 (171 = 136 + 35)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
no star listed (193) κ Crucis (194.4), ψ Virginis (194.5), μ Crucis, λ Crucis (194.6), ALIOTH (Fat Tail) = ε Ursae Majoris, ι Oct. (194.8)

*153.0 = *194.4 - *41.4

MINELAUVA = δ Virginis (195.1), COR CAROLI = α Canum Ven. (195.3) δ Muscae (196.5), VINDEMIATRIX (Grape Gatherer) = ε Virginis (196.8

13h (197.8)

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)
Sept 30 (3 * 91) Oct 1 (91 + 183 = 274) 2 3 4
Hora Iti 20 "Aug 21 (274 - 41 = 233) 22 (*154) 23 24 (236 = 8 * 29½)
PAPA O PEA

Pea. (Also peapea): To go away with bits of food or mud sticking to one's face or garments. Vanaga. Peaha, perhaps ... maybe, chance, doubtful; reoreo peaha ...  Ma.: pea, perhaps. Peapea, an erasure ...  hakapeapea ...  Peau, to sweep all away. Ma.: peau, to be turned away. Churchill. Peau, a wave (Sa., To., Fu., Fotuna, Niuē, Mq., Nuguria); Mgv.: peau, peahu, id. Churchill 2.

... But in the fullness of time an obscure instinct led the eldest of them towards the anthill which had been occupied by the Nummo. He wore on his head a head-dress and to protect him from the sun, the wooden bowl he used for his food. He put his two feet into the opening of the anthill, that is of the earth's womb, and sank in slowly as if for a parturition a tergo. The whole of him thus entered into the earth, and his head itself disappeared. But he left on the ground, as evidence of his passage into that world, the bowl which had caught on the edges of the opening. All that remained on the anthill was the round wooden bowl, still bearing traces of the food and the finger-prints of its vanished owner, symbol of his body and of his human nature, as, in the animal world, is the skin which a reptile has shed ...

CLOSE TO THE SUN:
March 31 April 1 (91 = 274 - 183) 2 3 4
ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) = η Cassiopeiae (10.7)

Legs-15 (Wolf)

ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti (11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2), η Andromedae (11.4)

*336.0 = *377.4 - *41.4

CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8)

*337.0 = *378.4 - *41.4
φ4 Ceti (13.2) no star listed (14)

... At the beginning of 44 B.C. - when Ceasar was still alive - the Senate decided to raise statues of him in all the temples and to sacrifice to him on his birthday in the month Quintilis, which in honour of him was renamed July. He was raised to the status of a god (among the other gods of the state) under the name Jupiter Julius. Marcus Antonius, who this year was consul together with Caesar, became high priest and responsible for the ceremonies. In the middle of February, at the time of the old feast of Lupercalia [Lupus = Wolf], he ran around naked and whipped the Roman ladies with thongs made from goat-skin [februa], in order to promote their fertility ...

'March 4 (63 = 9 * 7)

5 (91 - 27 = 64)

6 7 8
"Febr 18

19 (50)

20 21 22

JAN 26

27 (91 - 8 * 8 = 3 * 3 * 3) 28 29 30
DAY 10 11

12

13 14

From the end of the Extended Net in August 25 (237) to Spica in October 9 (282) there were 45 days.

This in a way resembles how "August 25 (237) seems to have been underlined both in the C text and in Manuscript E:

Hetu erua tagata rere ki te ragi

Hetu 1. To (make) sound; figuratively: famous, renowned. 2. To crumble into embers (of a bonfire). Hetu'u. Star, planet; hetu'u popohaga morning star; hetu'u ahiahi evening star; hetu'u viri meteorite. Vanaga  Hetu 1. Star (heetuu); hetu rere, meteor; hetu pupura, planet. P Pau.: hetu, star. Mgv.: etu, id. Mq.: fetu, hetu, id. Ta.: fetu, fetia, id. The alternative form fetia in Tahiti, now the only one in common use, need not be regarded as an anomaly in mutation. It seems to derive from Paumotu fetika, a planet. Its introduction into Tahiti is due to the fashion of accepting Paumotu vocables which arose when the house of Pomare came into power. 2. Capital letter (? he tu). 3. To amuse. 4. To stamp the feet. Hetuhetu, to calk, to strike the water. Hetuke, sea urchin. Churchill.

Cb8-1 (172 → solstice) Cb8-2 (565 = 392 + 173) Cb8-3
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9) AL DAFĪRAH (Tuft) = β Com. Ber. (199.4)

*158.0 = *199.4 - *41.4

σ Virginis (200.4)

*159.0 = *200.4 - *41.4

... Apami-Atsa ('Child of Waters', θ Virginis) at 13h maybe should be contrasted with Apam Napat ('Grandson of Waters') ... θ is on the front of the garment, below the girdle ... Moderns have no name for it, but in the Surya Siddhanta it was Apami-Atsa, the Child of the Waters ... Apam Napat is an eminent figure of the Indo-Iranian pantheon. In Hinduism, Apām Napāt is the god of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes. In Zoroastrianism, Apąm Napāt is also a divinity of water ... Apām Napāt in Sanskrit and Apąm Napāt in Avestan mean 'grandson of waters' ... Sanskrit and Avestan napāt ('grandson') are cognate to Latin nepōs and English nephew, but the name Apām Napāt has also been compared to Etruscan Nethuns and Celtic Nechtan and Roman Neptune. In Yasht 19 of the Avesta Apąm Napāt appears as the Creator of mankind. Here, there is an evident link between the glory of sovereignty (Khvarenah) and Apąm Napāt who protects Khvarenah as the royal glory of Iranian kings. Apām Napāt is sometimes, for example in Rigveda book 2 hymn 35 verse 3, described as a fire-god who originates in water ... The reference to fire may have originally referred to flames from natural gas or oil seepages surfacing through water, as in a fire temple at Surakhany near Baku in Azerbaijan ... There is a conjecture that the word 'naphtha' came (via Greek, where it meant any sort of petroleum) from the name 'Apampat' ...

Oct 5 6 7 (280)
'Sept 8 9 10 (253 = 280 - 27)
"Aug 25 (237 = 8 * 29½ + 1) Hora iti 26 27
(PAPA O PEA) AHU AKAPU
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 5 (365 + 95 = 460) 6 (96 = 80 + 16) 7

1h (15.2)

β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)

Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of the Fish) / Revati-28 (Prosperous) / 1-iku (Field Measure)

MIRACH (Girdle) = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI (Abundant) = ζ Piscium (16.9)

 REGULUS (α Leonis)

ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6)

*342.0  = *383.4 - *41.4

= *159.0 + *183.0

'March 9 (68) 10 11
"Febr 23 24 25

... The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day'). Although exceptions exist, the first day of the bis sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the third century. February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages ...

However, instead of a period of 45 days beginning at the Girdle of Andromeda a period of 45 days was ending here. South of the equator (on Easter Island) the seasons were 'upside down'.

... Possibly Manuscript E did not say he noho he hakaora i papa o pea in order to draw the reader's attention, for here one day was missing (not 'alive') ...

When the Sun was at Adhil (ξ Andromedae) then the Full Moon was at Spica and Sadalmelik (The Lucky King) was culminating at 21h.

te hokohuki te moko vero hia tagata honui e ha mata

Ha. 1. Four. 2. To breathe. Hakaha'a, to flay, to skin. Vanaga. 1. Four. P Mgv., Mq., Ta.: ha, id. 2. To yawn, to gape. 3. To heat. 4. Hakaha, to skin, to flay; unahi hakaha, to scale fish. Mgv.: akaha, to take to pieces, to take off the bark or skin, to strip the leaves off sugarcane. 5. Mgv: ha, sacred, prohibited. Mq.: a, a sacred spot. Sa.: sa, id.  Churchill.

Cb8-4 Cb8-5 (172 + 4) Cb8-6 (177 = 6 * 29½) Cb8-7 (392 + 178 = 570) Cb8-8 (1½ * 314 + 100)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4)

Al Simāk-12 (Lofty) / Chitra-14 (Bright One) / Horn-1 (Crocodile) / Sa-Sha-Shirū-20 (Virgin's Girdle) / ANA-ROTO-3 (Middle pillar)

MIZAR = ζ Ursae Majoris (202.4), SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR = 80 Ursae Majoris (202.7)

SADALMELIK (α Aquarii)

*161.0 = *202.4 - *41.4
71 VIRGINIS (203.6) no star listed (204) HEZE = ζ Virginis (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy = M83 Hydrae (205.7)

... Proclus informs us that the fox star nibbles continuously at the thong of the yoke which holds together heaven and earth; German folklore adds that when the fox succeeds, the world will come to its end. This fox star is no other than Alcor, the small star g near zeta Ursae Majoris (in India Arundati, the common wife of the Seven Rishis, alpha-eta Ursae ...

Oct 8 (240 + 41) 9 10 11 (364 - 80) 12 (285)
'Sept 11 (354 - 100) 12 13 (256 = 4 * 64) 14 15
"Aug 28 (240) 29 30 (242 = 2 * 11 * 11) 31 "Sept 1
PU PAKAKINA
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 8 9 10 (100) 11 12
no star listed (18) ADHIL (Garment's Train) = ξ Andromedae (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7) KSORA (Knee) = δ Cassiopeiae (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9)
'March 12 13 14 (73) 15 16
"Febr 26 27 28 (59) 29 "March 1
Egyptian djed Phoenician sāmekh Greek xi Ξ (ξ) 

... In rongorongo times the last Greek lettered star in Orion (ξ) rose with the Sun in June 21. The letter seems to have originated from the Phoenician letter samekh (tent peg, supporting prop), which in turn may have been derived from the ancient Egytian djed column ...