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18. When once upon a time Acrux rose with the Sun 64 precessional days earlier (than in September 24), this would have been in day 267 - 64 = 203 at the time of Hyadum II, viz. in JULY 22 (22 / 7 = π):

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Ca1-1 Ca1-2 Ca1-3 Ca1-4 Ca1-5 Ca1-6
koia ki te hoea ki te henua te rima te hau tea haga i te mea ke ki te henua - tagata honui
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
ALCHITA = α Corvi, MINKAR (Beak) = ε Corvi PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis    GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi, ζ Crucis CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi   INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis, ACRUX = α Crucis ALGORAB = δ Corvi, GACRUX = γ Crucis  AVIS SATYRA = η Corvi, KRAZ = β Corvi
September 20 21 EQUINOX 23 (266) JULY 22 (π) 25 (*5 + 183) 26
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
SIRRAH (α)         ANKAA (α)  
March 21 (0h) 22 23 24 (83) JULIAN EQUINOX 26 (*5) 27

Counting 77 (Ca4-1) - 4 (Ca1-4) = 73 (= 365 / 5) days ahead from JULY 22 (203) will bring us to day 203 + 73 = 276 = OCTOBER 3:

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Ca4-1 (77) Ca4-7 (83)
kua tupu te rakau e gagata hakaariki
RAS ALGETHI (*260 = *77 + 183) RAS ALHAGUE (*266)
December 6 (340 = 157 + 183)

OCTOBER 3 (*196 = *260 - 64)

December 12 (346 = *266 + 80)

OCTOBER 9 (282 = 346 - 64)

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
μ LEPORIS (*77 = *5 + 72) 5 HEKA (*83)
June 6 (157 = 314 / 2)

APRIL 3 (*13 = *77 - 64)

June 12 (163 = *83 + 80)

APRIL 9 (99 = 163 - 64)

The Head of Hercules (Ras Algethi) and the Head of Ophiuchus (the Serpent Carrier) were separated by 6 days. Heka (λ Orionis) rose heliacally in June 12 (*83) and half a year away was heliacal Ras Alhague (*266 = *83 + 183).

The Head of Hercules rose with the Sun 260 (= 20 * 13) days after 0h and 6 days later was the Head of Ophiuchus.

... An oracle reached him from the town of Buto, which said 'six years only shalt thou live upon this earth, and in the seventh thou shalt end thy days'. Mycerinus, indignant, sent an angry message to the oracle, reproaching the god with his injustice - 'My father and uncle,' he said 'though they shut up the temples, took no thought of the gods and destroyed multitudes of men, nevertheless enjoyed a long life; I, who am pious, am to die soon!'

There came in reply a second message from the oracle - 'for this very reason is thy life brought so quickly to a close - thou hast not done as it behoved thee. Egypt was fated to suffer affliction one hundred and fifty years - the two kings who preceded thee upon the throne understood this - thou hast not understood it'. Mycerinus, when this answer reached him, perceiving that his doom was fixed, had lamps prepared, which he lighted every day at eventime, and feasted and enjoyed himself unceasingly both day and night, moving about in the marsh-country and the woods, and visiting all the places he heard were agreeable sojourns. His wish was to prove the oracle false, by turning night into days and so living twelve years in the space of six ...

The new king after Hercules should be Ophiuchus, and he should arrive when Heka was at the Full Moon. The half year following the dry and hot summer was a cold and wet winter.