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The calendar in K is evidently very complicated. In the glyph dictionary the hyperlink from 'waxing and waning' therefore ends with a pair of pages summarizing what has been said:

The discovery of the quartet (the group of periods 20-23) makes it reasonable to relocate, in the calendar of K, period 20 from its earlier position as the last period in a triplet to a first position in a quartet. Similarly - for symmetry's sake - we relocate period 13 to a quartet - from the first position in a triplet to the last in a preceding quartet:
period no. number of glyphs
0 2 24 30 2
1, 2, 3 7 + 3 + 4 = 14 16
4, 5, 6 3 + 2 + 3 = 8 24
7, 8, 9 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 30
10, 11, 12, 13 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 10 15 *28 37
14, 15 2 + 3 = 5 45
16 *13 *16 *58
17 3 *29 *61
18, 19 *7 + 4 = *11 *26 *76
20, 21, 22, 23 4 + 3 + 6 + 2 = 15 *87
24, 25, 26 2 + 3 + 3 = 8 *95
27, 28 5 + 4 = 9 *104
29 5 16 *109
30, 31 4 + 4 = 8 *117
32 3 *120
 
As an additional adjustment I have separated period 'zero' from period 32 and inserted it at its proper place - at the beginning, where new light is created. I have also reduced the number of glyphs in period 0 from 7 to 2, resulting in a calendar with *120 glyphs.
 
Furthermore, period 29 is in a way beyond the regular structure, twice 52 = 104, and in the 29th night the moon is invisible.
 
The subtotals in the table above (24, 30 etc) are, though, in no way more than thought provoking sums. The messages in the glyph pictures must govern, not the numbers. The table is therefore just an illustration on the way to a true picture.
To make it all more clear a new table is needed:
THE CALENDAR IN K
period no. number of glyphs
0 2 2
1, 2, 3 7 + 3 + 4 = 14 14 16
4, 5, 6 3 + 2 + 3 = 8 22 24
7, 8, 9 2 + 2 + 2 = 6 28 30
10, 11, 12, 13 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 10 38 40
14, 15 2 + 3 = 5 43 45
16 *13 *56 *58
17 3 *59 *61
18, 19 *7 + 4 = *11 *73 *75
20, 21, 22, 23 4 + 3 + 6 + 2 = 15 *85 *87
24, 25, 26 2 + 3 + 3 = 8 *93 *95
27, 28 5 + 4 = 9 *102 *104
29 a 2 *104 *107
29 b 3 *107 *109
30 4 *111 *113
*31, *32 *4 + *3 = *7 *118 *120

The link 'period 0' leads to:

Period 0 we first defined as containing the 3 glyphs Ka3-12--14, later (at hau in the dictionary) we redefined period 0 to be:
Ka3-8 Ka3-9 Ka3-10 Ka3-11 Ka3-12 Ka3-13 Ka3-14

Now, considering evidence which point at Ka3-12 being the 8th and last of a group where this type of glyph marks the end of a period, it becomes probable that period 0 should be once again redefined, now to include only the two glyphs at the end.

The 'fire fingers' in Ka3-13 and Ka13-14 possibly refer to the 1st respectively the 2nd half of the year, both of which are being 'ignited' at the beginning of the year.

The new definition of period 0 regroups Ka3-8--12 together with the preceding 3 glyphs into:

Ka3-5 Ka3-6 Ka3-7 Ka3-8
Ka3-9 Ka3-10 Ka3-11 Ka3-12

The beginning of line a3 evidently consists of 4 glyphs which belong together as a first third of the 12 glyphs:

Ka3-1 Ka3-2 Ka3-3 Ka3-4

The 3 quartets mentioned here presumably should be harder integrated:

1
Ka3-1 Ka3-2 Ka3-3 Ka3-4
2
Ka3-5 Ka3-6 Ka3-7 Ka3-8
3
Ka3-9 Ka3-10 Ka3-11 Ka3-12

Firstly: Ka3-8 is a glyph type (ihe tau) which appears at left in Ka3-12 (toga), and Ka3-4 obviously is a kind of mirror image of Ka3-12 (also a variant of toga).

Toga means south and may mean the end of the 2nd half of the year, at winter solstice (which would harmonize with the downward fish and with my idea of pure meaning end = beginning). Birds (manu rere) do not appear in the 1st group of the quartet.

The special toga in Ka3-4 presumably is reflecting mauga in the tail of mago (at right in Ka3-2). Ihe tau in Ka3-8 reflects the one in Ka3-6, and - I guess - the upward fish at left (past) in Ka3-10 maybe is implied in the hand gesture in Ka3-12. Remember Aa1-30 (immediately before the 'death' of the sun in daytime):

Secondly: The structure with 6 toga glyphs at the end of line a2 seems to be prolonged in the beginning of line a3:

1 7
Ka2-11 Ka2-12 Ka3-1 Ka3-2
2 8
Ka2-13 Ka2-14 Ka3-3 Ka3-4
3 9
Ka2-15 Ka2-16 Ka3-5 Ka3-6
4 10
Ka2-17 Ka2-18 Ka3-7 Ka3-8
5 11
Ka2-19 Ka2-20 Ka3-9 Ka3-10
6 12
Ka2-21 Ka2-22 Ka3-11 Ka3-12

The hand gestures (redmarked) indicate a similarity between period 1 and period 7 (which would be understandable if we regard the whole structure as being divided in two halves).

Thirdly: There is another inwards (or upwards) hand-with-thumb gesture in period 8 (immediately before summer solstice):

8
Ka5-2 Ka5-3

The sign presumably is used when sun stands highest. Later on the hand is reversed, now pointing forward (as for instance in Ka2-15), a prelude to sun's 'vanishing'. Hand-with-thumb signs of this type appear in period 18, 22, 23 and 29:

18 ...
Kb2-1 Kb2-2 Kb2-3 Kb2-4 *Kb2-6 *Kb2-7
22
Kb3-1 Kb3-2 Kb3-3 Kb3-4 Kb3-5 Kb3-6
23
Kb3-7 Kb3-8
29
Kb4-10 Kb4-11 Kb4-12 Kb4-13 Kb4-14

Kb4-13 maybe is a kind of 13th toga glyph? Maybe so, but we should then consider also ihe tau in Kb4-3, cfr Ka3-8 above:

27
Kb4-1 Kb4-2 Kb4-3 Kb4-4 Kb4-5

Ka3-8 is in the 10th period (beyond 9) and Kb4-3 is in the 27th period (beyond 26). No hand to show in these periods.

10
Ka3-7 Ka3-8

The pure sign seems to mean 'beyond the living stage', the time when sun has stopped. Only the shell halves are still left.