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Manu kake at Cb5-9, with glyph number 5 * 99 = 495 = 250 + 495 counted from Ca1-1, compels us to look for glyph number 250:

Ca9-3 Ca9-4 Ca9-5 Ca9-6 Ca9-7 Ca9-8
Ca9-9 (237) Ca9-10 Ca9-11 Ca9-12 Ca9-13 Ca9-14
Ca9-15 Ca9-16 Ca9-17 Ca9-18 Ca9-19 Ca9-20
Ca9-21 Ca9-22 (250) Ca9-23 Ca9-24 Ca9-25 Ca9-26
Ca9-27 Ca10-1 Ca10-2 Ca10-3

Our Koti at Ca9-9 comes earlier among the glyphs in the table above - which arrive beyond the end of the moon calendar:

34
Ca6-17 (157) Ca7-24 (192)
34
Ca7-25 Ca8-29 (228)
Ca9-1 Ca9-2 (230)

The moon calendar apparently has 2 * 36 = 72 glyphs, followed by 2 marama glyphs at the beginning of the next glyph line Ca9. There is a wealth of numerical clues in this calendar. One obvious example is ordinal number 192 for Omotohi, equal to the number of glyphs in K and also equal to the ordinal number of Rei at Ga7-22 (if we count from Gb8-30):

Ga7-18 Ga7-19 Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 (192) Ga7-23 Ga7-24

If we add 64 to 192 the sum will be 256 = 4 * 64 = 8 * 32 = 16 * 16. If we add 64 to 228 the sum will be 292 - as if to say 'the 2nd 92' (in contrast to 192, 'the 1st 92'). Presumably number 292 refers to the 2nd half of a year with 384 days (0.5 more than 13 * 29.5).

The ordinal numbers 229-230 (at Ca9-1--2) will remind us of the number of glyphs on side a of G. The number for koti at Ca9-9 (counted from Ca1-1) is 237, which we immediately associate with Gb1-7:

Gb1-6 Gb1-7 (237)

To find the time from winter solstice we must add 64 days in G, in which case Gb1-7 will be 237 + 64 = 301, 1 day beyond the limit for the sun. Therefore, also the koti glyph (Ca9-9) may possibly come at the end of 10 months - not at the end of 12 months which seems to be alluded to in Ca3-12:

Ca3-9 Ca3-10 Ca3-11 Ca3-12 Ca3-13
30 * 9 = 270 30 * 10 = 300 30 * 11 = 330 30 * 12 = 360 30 * 13 = 390

This should not disturb us. There are more than one type of solar year, for instance one which begins with winter solstice and another which begins with spring equinox. From winter solstice to day 64 + 237 there are 301 days according to G. But 30-day months can be counted beyond that, and 12 * 30 = 360 days is a well established measure for a solar year.

The year of the sun ends after 10 months (with the end of Jupiter), and then a dark time must rule before winter solstice will come and give us a new sun.

The Mamari moon calendar is beginning with Ca6-17 at position 157, a number which we ought to memorize, because 157 = 314 / 2, and 314 we can connect with e.g. the number of glyphs in G (viz. 471 = 3 * 157).

If we add 64 to 250 we will reach 314, and if Venus somehow could be identified with Ca9-22, then the order between her and koti (Ca9-9) would be the same as in the week - given that Jupiter is the one whose 'carcasse' is depicted by koti. However, the following hau tea (Ca9-23) at position 251 may be more likely to refer to Venus than Ca9-22.

 
 

We encounter small differences between the numbers we expect for special glyphs and their real numbers. This can be due to a wrong choice of where to start counting. Or it may be due to misunderstandings - about what the glyphs mean or what the numbers mean.

One example is Gb1-21:

Gb1-16 Gb1-17 Gb1-18 Gb1-19 Gb1-20 (250)
Gb1-21 Gb1-22 Gb1-23 Gb1-24 Gb1-25

It is not number 250 counted from Gb8-30, it is number 251 (or 64 + 251 = 315 counted from winter solstice). Gb1-21 is - it seems - not the last glyph of 250 (or 314) but the first glyph in a new part of the calendar.

Hau tea at Ca9-23 could be a parallel to Gb1-21:

Ca9-17 Ca9-18 Ca9-19 Ca9-20 Ca9-21 Ca9-22 (250)
Ca9-23 Ca9-24 Ca9-25 Ca9-26 Ca9-27

Venus determines 8 years by 5 of her cycles. It is probably no coincidence that 25(0) and 64 are combined in the texts to reach 314. Because 5 * 5 = 25 and 8 * 8 = 64.

Interpreted from this perscpective, Gb1-21 and Ca9-23 could be parallel and indicating where next Venus cycle is beginning.

 

157 added to 314 will be 471, which is trivial in G. But in C it is another matter. The number of glyphs in 740, which is the reverse of 470. Playing with numbers like this make us realize that 413 is the reverse of 314:

Gb6-17 (400) Gb6-18 Gb6-19 Gb6-20 Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 Gb7-4

In the same way as 314 is the last glyph of a cycle, so 413 appears to be the last glyph of a cycle, because tamaiti comes next. The sign of leaning forward conveys both the sense of the old one falling on his face and the 'push' giving momentum to the young one.

Gb6-17 at 400 has a position similar to the first glyph in the moon calendar (Ca6-17 at 157). It seems that 6-17 carries a hidden meaning. It has a position '1 more'. 6 * 16 = 96 = 192 / 2 = a quarter of 384. 6 could mean the limit of sun and 16 the limit of moon. 96 is 'one more 6' than 90 and 192 is twice 'one more' than 180.