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Following the lead given by the two manu kake glyphs, vaha kai and pito we should realize that the last of the 6 glyph lines resembles for instance the last part of the back side on the G tablet - it contains the beginning of the new year. The spring sun light has not yet returned, but a new year it is anyhow. I will consequently move line Yb3 (provisionally) from the end of the calendar to its beginning in order to see the calendar better.

Furthermore, I can use the 'kiore+henua' glyphs (Ya1-6 and Ya2-6) in order to reorganize the structure by dividing line Ya2 into 6 + 2 glyphs. This results in 6 + 6 + 6 = 18 glyphs at the beginning of my structure, which presumably means there are 10 glyphs per day:

Yb3
Yb3-1 Yb3-2 Yb3-3 Yb3-4 Yb3-5 Yb3-6 (60)
Ya1
Ya1-1 Ya1-2 Ya1-3 Ya1-4 Ya1-5 Ya1-6 (120)
Ya2
Ya2-1 Ya2-2 Ya2-3 Ya2-4 Ya2-5 Ya2-6 (180)

The kiore in Yb3-6 has no henua because spring light has not yet returned. The henua sign probably refers to a wooden pole or staff connected with how the 'sky roof' is being pushed up gradually higher in spring (cfr the 'henua calendars' in G and K).

There is a kiore also in Yb3-5, and he has his arm held in front so that it looks like a henua pole. He is ready to begin pushing the sky up, I guess. In this connection I must add a piece of evidence supporting Metoro in his claim that this type of sign should be named kiore.

 

The Underworld should look structurally the same as our own world. Therefore it will have 3 times 60 days at the beginning. We can see that the henua signs are odd - they have no 'bottom' line.

Pure (Ya1-4) is located at day 100. In the ordinary world we should expect it somewhere between vaha kai and the reversed vaha kai, a sign of midwinter. From the following Rei (Ya1-5) to the end of those 180 days there are 80 days, a sign of the Moon. 100 (darkness) + 80 (Moon is growing) = 180 nights.

The 4 waxing moon crescents (Ya2-1--4) maybe correspond to the 4 rising fishes being born at the onset of the light season in calendar II:

180 days
*Yc1-3 (80) *Yc1-4 (100) *Yc1-5 (120) *Yc1-6 (140) *Yc1-7 (160) *Yc1-8 (180)
*Yc1-9 (200) *Yc1-10 (220) *Yc2-1 (240)
180 days
Yb3-1 Yb3-2 Yb3-3 Yb3-4 Yb3-5 Yb3-6 (60)
Ya1-1 Ya1-2 Ya1-3 (90) Ya1-4 Ya1-5 Ya1-6 (120)
Ya2-1 (130) Ya2-2 Ya2-3 Ya2-4 Ya2-5 Ya2-6 (180)

In both cases the quartet appears before midsummer. If we compare with Tahua we can get a clue from Ya1-2:

Aa1-2 Aa1-3 Aa1-4
Aa1-5 Aa1-6 Aa1-7 Aa1-8

The growing crescent is similar to the left part of the reversed vaha kai. Moon shines during 3 glyphs, then comes the Sun.

The structure in Y should be made more clear:

180 days
Yb3-1 Yb3-2 Yb3-3 Yb3-4 Yb3-5 Yb3-6 (60)
Ya1-1 Ya1-2 Ya1-3 Ya1-4 (100)
Ya1-5 Ya1-6 (120)
Ya2-1 (130) Ya2-2 Ya2-3 Ya2-4 Ya2-5 Ya2-6 (180)