However, on Easter Island (Te Varu Kaiga, The Land of 8) the gods have only 8 fingers, and these are finished at Ga8-24:   226 Gb8-30 Ga8-24 228 It follows that those 64 days from winter solstice to the beginning of the front side of the text in G is nothing to count. The life of sun does not begin until Gb8-30 (where 8 * 30 = 240 as in Ga8-24). The time when sun stands still should not be on the front side of the tablet, because when he is standing still he is 'dead'. Sun will, though, be present for real on the island only from spring equinox: 63 26 Gb6-26 Ga1-26 91 200 Ga8-24 Ga8-25 Ga8-26 Gb1-1 (295) 4 There are 200 days of spring sun beyond the first 91 nights counted from winter solstice. Another 4 nights are then needed to reach 295. But day 295 is out of reach for the sun, he leaves in day 294. 91 + 203 = 294 = 42 weeks. If 294 is interpreted as an allusion to 2 * 94 = 188, then there will be 180 days to day 368, (where 36 * 8 = 288). 18 and 8 (188), 28 and 8 (288), 36 and 8 (368), Te Varu Kaiga.

Ga1-26 is in position 26 in the first line on the front side of the tablet, Gb6-26 is in position 26 too, but neither in the first nor the last of the lines on the back side.

26 presumably is a sign. It is also used at the very last glyph on side a (Ga8-26). There are 7 lines from Ga1-26 to Ga8-26, a number we recognize as related to the first part of the path of the sun. Next part is one less (6) because 1 finger has been used up.

There are 6 lines to Gb6-26 from the beginning of the back side. Maybe Gb1-26 should be compared with Ga1-26:

Gb1-16	Gb1-17	Gb1-18	Gb1-19	Gb1-20	Gb1-21
Gb1-22	Gb1-23	Gb1-24	Gb1-25	Gb1-26

We have earlier identified Gb1-26 with Sunday. 8 days there are from Gb1-18, which has the same position as gagana in Ga1-18.

Earlier (at rau hei) the measure from glyph line Gb1 to Ga1 has been measured as 243 days and likewise from line Ga6 to Gb6:

Ga1-26 has now been interpreted as the last glyph before 200:

	63	26		200
Gb6-26			Ga1-26		Ga8-24	Ga8-25	Ga8-26	Gb1-1 (295)
91					4

The order of the sun year should according to ancient traditions be 360 days. If then 12 months with 30 days in each is the structure derived, then the problem becomes how to integrate such a structure with the lunar system.

26 is 4 less than 30, and number 4 should be part of the solution. The 4 Bacabs are the 4 corners of the year, and they could explain why 360 must be increased to 364 (= 4 * 91 = 28 * 13).

28 = 4 * 7 and this is a measure for how many nights moon will be illuminated by the sun during a month. During the lunar double-months there will be 3 dark nights, 59 - 56. In 6 lunar double-months there will be 3 * 6 = 18 dark nights.

In the week the last day is dark. A pillar must be planted there too. Saturn is located at the pillar.

Ga1-26 should be at a pillar, it has the position of a Bacab.

8 positions earlier is gagana, maybe the beginning of a 'dark' time. In addition to the similarity with the period for absent Venus we can argue there has been an accumulation of dark nights, 1 for each week. Ga1-26 is not at position 30. In a month there are 4 weeks and during a month (from the beginning of the front side) there will be 4 days of Saturn.

Gb8-30 is at a day of Saturn, 8 * 30 = 240 and the cycle is finished. Puo visualizes how light is covered up. Counting in the light should begin with Ga1-1, and Ga1-26 will then be the last glyph for the sun rule of the first month.

Ga1-27--29 are dark nights:

Ga1-26	Ga1-27	Ga1-28	Ga1-29	Ga1-30

This can be regarded as a model. Light comes first, and then the accumulated dark nights come at the end.

	63	26		200
Gb6-26			Ga1-26		Ga8-24	Ga8-25	Ga8-26
91					3

The sun year is beginning with Gb6-26 and ending after a prolonged summer, which has been increased from 2 * 91 = 182 days to 203 days, by 21 days (3 weeks).

203 = 7 * 29, and 29 = 26 + 3.

7 * 26 = 182.

A new fire must then be ignited during a square of 'fire' (25 days). Then comes a period of 11 * 14 = 154 days which ends with the return of sun:

	152
Gb1-26 (256)		Gb6-26 (409)
154 = 11 * 14

Instead of 243 days of absence (from rau hei) there is here a shorter absence. A quarter has already been covered (from tao in Ga6-25).

We can summarize:

	63	25		202		25		152
Gb6-26			Ga1-26		Ga8-26		Gb1-26
90				203 = 182 + 3 * 7		178 = 6 * 29.5 + 1
471

The addition of '1 more' at the end explains tagata at Gb6-25:

Gb6-25	Gb6-26	Gb6-27	Gb6-28
Gb7-1	Gb7-2	Gb7-3	Gb7-4

Tamaiti comes 7 days later. Gb6-25 has the position of Saturn if we have Sun at Gb6-26.