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Putting it all together, we recognize that 432 days = 314 + 118 = 64 + 250 + 4 * 29.5:

Glyph numbers and days below are counted from Hb9-48.
Hb9-42 Hb9-43 Hb9-44 Hb9-45 Hb9-46 Hb9-47 (1296)
367 + 64 = 431 1296 / 3 = 432
Glyph numbers below are counted from Ha1-4.
Hb3-4 Hb3-5 Hb3-6 (750)
64 + 750 / 3 = 314

If sun is leaving at day 314, at the end of his cycle, we can guess that 64 = 2 * 32 and 250 = 10 * 25, together 12 months (according to this calendar).

4 lunar months will complete the text. 12 + 4 = 16 months, equal to the number of months in G (where instead we can count 16 * 29.5 = 472).

 

 

Having used information from G we found at the end of Saturday in H a day which seemed to correspond to honu at winter solstice in G. From honu at Gb6-26 (409) to the end of side b there are 472 - 408 = 64 glyphs (days). From manu rere at Hb9-47 (1107) there are (1296 - 1104) / 3 = 64 days.

However, we must remember to count also the first 3 glyphs on side a to reach 64. Therefore manu rere at Hb9-47 must be equivalent to the glyph which comes before honu at Gb6-26:

Gb6-25 (408) Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28

6 * 25 (in Gb6-25) confirms - the last day of 150 comes immediately before honu will inaugurate the first day of the new year.

The argumentation went backwards from day number 314, and the first day of the year must, according to H, be a Friday:

189 750
Hb9-48 Hb9-49 Hb9-50 (1110) Hb3-4 Hb3-5 Hb3-6 (753)
 day 1 63 250 day 64 + (753 - 3) / 3 = 314

Next step is evident: we must locate glyph (day) number 314 in G too:

Gb1-20 (250) Gb1-21 Gb1-22 Gb1-23 Gb1-24 Gb1-25
64 + 250 = 314 1 2 3 4 5

In H the 432 days are possible to see as 64 + 250 + 118. If the pattern in G is the same, then Gb1-21 represents the first day of those 4 lunar months which follow.

250 + 118 = 368:

Gb5-6 Gb5-7 Gb5-8 Gb5-9 Gb5-10 Gb5-11 Gb5-12
Gb5-13 Gb5-14 (368) Gb5-15 Gb5-16 Gb5-17 Gb5-18 Gb5-19
Jupiter Venus Saturn Sun Moon Mars Mercury

Gb5-14 (notice 5-14) would then correspond to Friday in H (because 368 + 64 = 432), and therefore I have listed also the names of the planets according to their ancient order.

 

Jupiter (Gb5-13) governs Thursday, and he is male. He also should govern Gb6-25 (obviously a male) if honu in Gb6-26 is Venus:

Gb6-25 (408) Gb6-26
Jupiter Venus

In Gb5-13 the rising fish exhibits another orientation of its body (bulging more to the left) than the following three fishes. Presumably it indicates a point of change between Gb5-13 and Gb5-14.

In the calendar of the week in H there are three manu rere, one of them at the end of Thursday. I think manu rere indicates the 'vital spirit who is flying away' (or something similar). The upward motion can also be represented as a fist held high as in Gb6-25.

Then, suddenly, it all begins anew, and the 'fist' is at the bottom in form of a swollen abdomen.

A closed fist means nothing has yet begun to be counted. Everything is still waiting, hidden inside. Maybe the rhombic shape (a square) inside the Jupiter rising fish signifies this. And it seems to allude to mauga:

Gb5-10 Gb5-11 Gb5-12 Gb5-13 mauga Gb5-14 Gb5-15 Gb5-16
Moon? Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Sun
Gb5-13 Gb5-14 (368) Gb5-15 Gb5-16 Gb5-17 Gb5-18 Gb5-19
Jupiter Venus Saturn Sun Moon Mars Mercury

Light is inside the pau foot in Gb5-12, probably alluding to the quicksilver which runs downwards. But already in Tuesday (Gb5-11) the light is inside, in form of the rhomb which reapperas not only in Gb5-13 (and in mauga) but also in Gb5-18, another representation of Mars.

The square inside may be a way to indicate that the cycle (which should be squared) is waiting to be born.

Mars stole the fire, which explains why there is a square hidden inside in Gb5-11 and in Gb5-18 (one week later).

The strange sign inside the top (at right) of the 4 fishes (Venus, Saturn, Sun, and Mars), probably indicates a reversed feather (fire). If a feather sign is inside the perimeter of a glyph, it is hidden and cannot be seen:

Gb5-14 Gb5-15 Gb5-16 Gb5-18

We can observe that the Mars fish in Gb5-18 indicates a reversal again (cfr from Jupiter to Venus earlier). Maybe the moon (female) in some way signifies the end of a cycle. Or maybe the shape is just a repetition of the shape of Jupiter.

The shape of the tail in Gb5-18 also agrees with that in Gb5-13:

Gb5-13 Gb5-18