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I have counted from Aa1-1 as number 1 and divided the number of glyphs by 2 in order to find the day numbers.

Considering that the glyph line is number 6, we can find that Aa6-38--40 may be pointing at days number 228, 234, and 240.

All other multiplications (from 6 * 32 * 2 = 384 up to 6 * 67 * 2 = 804) have no 'target' inside the sequence:

 

Aa6-32 (448) Aa6-33 Aa6-34 Aa6-35 Aa6-36 Aa6-37
224 225 226
Aa6-38 (454) Aa6-39 Aa6-40 Aa6-41 Aa6-42 Aa6-43
227 228 = 6 * 38 229
Aa6-44 (460) Aa6-45 Aa6-46 Aa6-47 Aa6-48 Aa6-49
kua hakanaganagana gagata - e kua rere te manu mai tae tuki te tagata mau - i te toga rere te toki rere ki uta rere ki te vao
230 231 232
Aa6-50 (466) Aa6-51 Aa6-52 Aa6-53 Aa6-54 Aa6-55
kua hoko to vao ki te ragi mai tae pu ia mai tae oho - ki to ua ka hua na mo to ihe
233 234 = 6 * 39 235
Aa6-56 (472) Aa6-57 Aa6-58 Aa6-59 Aa6-60 Aa6-61
e ihe tagata kua toki o te manu - ko te henua kua tuu i te toga ko te manu kua ui i te tagata tegatega i mua i moe ai i to niu
236 237 238
Aa6-62 (478) Aa6-63 Aa6-64 Aa6-65 Aa6-66 Aa6-67
ko te tagata kua ui ki te vaha kai i to moa ko te vai hopu o te moa e he goe kua moe ki to vaha o to ika mea
239 240 = 6 * 40 241

Vaha kai in Aa6-63 should be a relative of vaha kai at day number 364 in the text of G. Aa6-64--66 by their numbers allude to the days 364-366. The head of the fish is hidden in Aa6-67. The hanging sun head in Aa6-66 is alluding to hipu.

In Aa6-51 there are 4 'feathers' at right, indicating that the coming season is the one beyond midsummer. In Aa6-55 the two 'balls' at left probably indicate the previous season. Aa6-61 (niu) is pointing at 6 * 61 = 366.

By counting with Aa1-1 as number 1 it cannot be a day, and the parallel texts have no corresponding such glyph:

 
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa1-3 Aa1-4 Aa1-5 Aa1-6 Aa1-7 Aa1-8
-
Ha5-26 Ha5-27 Ha5-28 Ha5-29 Ha5-30 Ha5-31 Ha5-32
-
Pa5-8 Pa5-9 Pa5-10 Pa5-11 Pa5-12 Pa5-13 Pa5-14
-
Qa5-16 Qa5-17 Qa5-18 Qa5-19 Qa5-20 Qa5-21 Qa5-22

If I had counted with Aa1-1 as number zero, Aa6-43 would still be at day 229, which seems necessary. Let us try that alternative:

 

Aa6-33 (448) Aa6-34 Aa6-35 Aa6-36 Aa6-37 Aa6-38
224 225 226
Aa6-39 (454) Aa6-40 Aa6-41 Aa6-42 Aa6-43 Aa6-44
227 228 = 6 * 38 229
Aa6-45 (460) Aa6-46 Aa6-47 Aa6-48 Aa6-49 Aa6-50
230 231 232
Aa6-51 (466) Aa6-52 Aa6-53 Aa6-54 Aa6-55 Aa6-56
233 234 = 6 * 39 235
Aa6-57 (472) Aa6-58 Aa6-59 Aa6-60 Aa6-61 Aa6-62
236 237 238
Aa6-63 (478) Aa6-64 Aa6-65 Aa6-66 Aa6-67 Aa6-68
239 240 = 6 * 40 241

I cannot see any obvious reason why this alternative would not be equally good as the previous.

In Aa6-35 (450 = 9 * 50) the ua sign is horizontal, meaning summer solstice when the 'earth' (i.e. sea) lies flat. In Aa6-66 (481 = 4 and 9 * 9) the vertical rain is in sight:

 

30
Aa6-35 Aa6-66
32

225 = 9 * 25 and Aa6-35 is located at that day in both alternatives. But Aa6-66 is in day 241 in the first alternative and in day 242 in the second.

4 * 99 = 6 * 66. If Venus determines, then Aa6-66 should be at the end = beginning of one her cycles. But moa in Aa6-64 says by way of the curved middle tail 'finger' that solstice has already passed. 6 * 64 = 384 = 12 * 32.

I guess moa in Aa6-64 should be located at day 240, i.e. that the first alternative is the correct one.

Vaha in Aa6-63 and in Aa6-67 will then be located in p.m., which is reasonable. Metoro connected by way of his word moa Aa6-64 with Aa6-65.