| Μὴν Μάϊος. | May |
| αʹ. Ὑάδων ἐπιτολή · ἐπισημασία. | 1. The rising of the Hyades : weather change. |
| βʹ. ὁ λαμπρὸς τῆς Λύρας ἑσπέριος ἀνατέλλει · ἐπισημασία. | 2. The radiance of the Lyre arises in the west : weather change. |
| δʹ. Αἲξ ἑσπερία δύνει · ἐπισημασία. | 3. The Goat sets in the west : weather change. |
| θʹ. Πλειάδες ἀνατέλλουσιν ἅμα ἡλίὤ · ἐπισημασία. | 9. The Pleiades rise at the same time as the sun : weather change. |
| ιαʹ. ὁ τοῦ ἡγουμένου ὤμου τοῦ Ὠρίωνος κρύπτεται. | 11. The leading shoulder of Orion is absent from the sky. |
| ιγʹ. ὁ Κύων κρύπτεται καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ βραχίονι τοῦ Κενταῦρου ἑσπέριος ἀνατέλλει. | 13. Sirius is absent from the sky and rises in the right arm of the Centaur in the west. |
| ιζʹ. Ἀντάρης ἑῷος δύνει. | 17. Antares sets in the east. |
| ιηʹ. Αἲξ ἑσπερία ἀνατέλλει. | 18. The Goat arises in the west. |
| καʹ. Ἀρκτοῦρος ἑῷος δύνει · ἐπισημασία. | 21. Arcturus sets in the east : weather change. |
| κγʹ. Ὑάδες καὶ Ἀετὸς ἀνατέλλουσιν · ἐπισημασία ἐν ἡμέραις ἑπτά. | 23. The Hyades and the Eagle arise : weather change in seven days time. |
| κεʹ. παχνίτου ἔκβασις. | 25. End of Pachnite. |
| κηʹ. Προκύων κρύπτεται καὶ ὁ λαμπρὸς τοῦ Ἀετοῦ ἑσπερ́ριος ἀνατέλλει. | 28. Procyon is absent from the sky and the radiance of the Eagle arises in the west. |
| λαʹ. Πλειάδων ἐπιτολή. | 31. The rising of the Pleiades. |
Roger Pearse
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