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Once again, where are the viri in the structure of the P text? It may seem that 29 is not exclusively a viri number:

114 415 627
Pa3-3 Pa10-1
115 531
416 = 16 * 26 200π
1044 = 29 * 36
1000π - 90 * 29 200π
1200π - 90 * 29

But 29 is here a result of measuring outside the domain of the pare (Pa3-3--Pa10-1). We have tried to add te pito to the viri group and Pb10-1 to the other group with 4 glyphs:

Pb6-14 Pb7-36 Pb8-37 Pb9-21 Pb9-24 Pb9-29 Pb9-33 Pb10-1
225 = 9 * 25

If we regard te pito as the 4th member of the viri group, then they may be 364 - 360, the dark nights at the end of the year, logically with the birth of the new sun as the last one in the group. Another possibility is to think in terms of more than one glyph per night. Or maybe the 4 + 1 days between 365 - 360 should be imagined as this arrangement:

1 2 3
Pb6-14 Pb7-36 Pb8-37
4
Pb9-21 Pb9-24 Pb9-29 Pb9-33
5
Pb10-1

Te pito could be the finish of the old year rather than the arrival of the new one (maybe in Pb10-1). Among the Maya the king ended by falling down the 'throat' of the Milky Way (ref.: Maya Cosmos):

The ghostly 'pipe' (te pito in Pb9-33) in which the sun disc appears to be 'recycled' has him in the lower part, presumably a sign that he is not rising but descending.

Glyph line Pb10-1 has 36 glyphs.

Pa10 36
Pa11 33 58
Pb1 25
Pb2 36

Probably the design with Pa10 and Pb2 each having 36 glyphs (meaning 180 days) is no coincidence. The middle two lines together will measure 58 glyphs (29 nights) for the moon. Further 'proof' is delivered by the beginning of line Pb2:

Pb1-25 Pb2-1 Pb2-2 Pb2-3 Pb2-4 Pb2-5 Pb2-6

Pb1-25 is the last glyph of the 1st half year, it seems, and Pb2-3 the first glyph of the 2nd half year. In between are two 'ghostly' glyphs. With two glyphs equalling 1 day, it means the 3 remaining days of 364 - 360 = 4 ought to be located at the end of the 2nd half year.

Is there any numerical relation between Pb2-1--2 and te pito?

396 = 4 * 99
Pb1-25 Pb2-1 Pb2-2 Pb2-3 Pb2-4 Pb9-33
624 625 626 627 628 1025
13 * 48 25 * 25 2 * 313 33 * 19 200π 41 * 25
758 = 2 * 379 16 * 25 = 400

Rei at Pb2-4 has an ordinal number equal to 200π and therefore presumably indicates a complete full cycle. Next cycle will then begin with Pb2-5, and te pito will arrive after 4 * 99 glyphs. Venus was among the Maya a feared planet (with 99 suggesting Venus).

With the importance evidently given to the two pare glyphs, it should be possible to integrate te pito with the two pare:

114 = 6 * 19 415 493 133 = 7 * 19
Pa3-3 Pa10-1 Pb9-33
115 531 1025
494 = 26 * 19

26 * 19 from the ghostly pare to te pito is balanced by 13 * 19 between te pito and the lively pare. There is no multiple of 19 which reaches 415, 416 or 417. Multiples of 19 require te pito.

With ⅓ between te pito and the lively pare and ⅔ from the ghostly pare to te pito we ought to see if those ⅔ can be divided in half. The glyph we should search for is number 531 + 247 = 778:

246 246 247 = 13 * 19 415
Pa10-1 Pb5-23 Pb9-33 Pa3-3
531 778 1025 115
247 = 13 * 19 247 = 13 * 19 0 416 = 16 * 26

We can see similarities between the sun glyph in Pb5-23 and the ghostly te pito. Although the glyph type in Pb5-23 not is unusual in the P text, its surroundings makes it probable that it can be an important glyph. Below I have redmarked a few of the interesting glyphs. In addition we ought to notice e.g. how Pb4-56 is a reversal of Pb4-35:

Pb4-35 Pb4-36 Pb4-37 Pb4-38
Pb4-39 Pb4-40
Pb4-41 Pb4-42 Pb4-43
Pb4-44 Pb4-45 Pb4-53
Pb4-54 Pb4-55 Pb4-56
Pb5-1 Pb5-2 Pb5-3 Pb5-4
Pb5-5 Pb5-6 Pb5-7 Pb5-8
Pb5-9 Pb5-10 Pb5-11 Pb5-12
Pb5-13 Pb5-14 Pb5-15 Pb5-16
Pb5-17 Pb5-18 Pb5-19 Pb5-20
Pb5-21 Pb5-22 Pb5-23 Pb5-24
Pb5-25 Pb5-26 Pb5-27
Pb5-28
Pb5-29 Pb5-30 Pb5-31
Pb5-32 Pb5-33 Pb5-34 Pb5-35
Pb5-36 Pb5-37

Pb5-19 (with ordinal numbers suggesting 95 = 599 - 504) maybe should be integrated into the structure, a 'gnomon' 250 glyphs before te pito:

243 3 246 247 = 13 * 19 415
Pa10-1 Pb5-19 Pb5-23 Pb9-33 Pa3-3
531 774 = 18 * 43 778 1025 115
243 = 9 * 27 4 247 = 13 * 19 0 416 = 16 * 26