Maya Calendar(s)

Maya Calendar(s)
Bar & Dot
Numerals
Head
Variants
Bar & Dot
Numerals
Head
Variants
Bar & Dot
Numerals
Head
Variants
Bar & Dot
Numerals
Head
Variants
high
low
X 10
X1
Arabic numbers
(our system)
X 1000
X 100
ƆƆMMMDVI
8 5 0 6
Maya numbers
high
low
8000 pic x
400 bak x
20 kal x
1
hun x
= 8506
Tzolkin (260 day calendar)
The Tzolkin consisted of 13 numbered days running parallel with 20
named days in a continuous cycle.
1 Imix
2 Ik
3 Akbal
4 Kan
5 Chicchan
6 Cimi
7 Manik
8 Lamat
9 Muluc
10 Oc
11 Chuen
12 Eb
13 Ben
1 Ix
2 Men
3 Cib
4 Caban
5 Etznab
6 Cauc
7 Ahau
8 Imix
9 Ik
10 Akbal
11 Kan
12 Chicchan
13 Cimi
1 Manik
2 Lamat
3 Muluc
4 Oc….
Continuing on until after a total of 260 days you come in the cycle again to 1 Imix
and the cycle goes on in this manner continuously
Haab (solar year)
18 periods of 20 days each (numbered from 0 to 19)
0-19 Pop
0-19 Uo
0-19 Zip
0-19 Zotz
0-19 Zec
0-19 Xul
0-19 Yaxkin
0-19 Mol
0-19 Chen
0-19 Yax
0-19 Zac
0-19 Ceh
0-19 Mac
0-19 Kankin
0-19 Muan
0-19 Pax
0-19 Kayab
0-19 Cumku
0-4 Uayeb
The Calendar Round
Pop
1 Kan
2 Chicchan
3 Cimi
4 Manik
5 Lamat
Uo
8 Kan
9 Chicchan
10 Cimi
11 Manik
12 Lamat
6 Muluc
7 Oc
8 Chuen
9 Eb
10 Ben
11 Ix
12 Men
13 Cib
1 Caban
2 Etznab
3 Cauc
4 Ahau
5 Imix
6 Ik
7 Akbal
13 Muluc
1 Oc
2 Chuen
3 Eb
4 Ben
5 Ix
6 Men
7 Cib
8 Caban
9 Etznab
10 Cauac
11 Ahau
12 Imix
13 Ik
1 Akbal
other 15 months in cycle are the have same
days names in the same order
Cumku
3 Kan
4 Chicchan
5 Cimi
6 Manik
7 Lamat
Uayeb
10 Kan
11 Chicchan
12 Cimi
13 Manik
1 Lamat
8 Muluc
9 Oc
10 Chuen
11 Eb
12 Ben
13 Ix
1 Men
2 Cib
3 Caban
4 Etznab
5 Cauc
6 Ahau
7 Imix
8 Ik
9 Akbal
Combining the Tzolkin
(260 day calendar with
the Haab (365 day
calendar) you get a larger
cycle, called the
Calendar Round, that will
not return to the same
date (e.g., 0 Pop 1 Kan)
for approximately 52
years
The Initial Series
Or long count
9.17.0.0.0
13 Ahau 18 Cumku
= January 22, AD 771
If the Maya Long Count
were still being used, the
date Mar 9, 2015 would be
written as 13.0.2.4.8
(0.0.2.4.8)
6 Lamat 11 Cumku
ISIG
THE CLASSIC PERIOD
• Classic Period defined originally on the basis of
Long Count dates
• We now know that the Long Count precedes the
Classic Period
• But it is only during the Classic Period that we
begin to find large numbers of Long Count dates
on monuments that have survived the ravages of
time
• Other areas have Long Count dates from the
Classic Period, but they are rare compared to the
Maya area
Area of Long Count Dating
Lady Katun Ahau Chronology
Event 1(Initial Series)
9.12. 2. 0.16
7 Jul 674 AD (4 Jul)
(Secondary Series)
Event 2
3. 8.15
(9.13.19.13. 1) 11 Imix 14 Yax
28 Aug 711 AD (23 Aug)
(Secondary Series)
Event 5
1. 1.11.10
(9.13.16. 4. 6) 4 Cimi 14 Uo
21 Mar 708 AD (17 Mar)
(Secondary Series)
Event 4
12.10. 0
(9.12.14.10.16) 1 Cib 14 Kankin
21 Nov 686 AD (18 Nov)
(Secondary Series)
Event 3
5 Cib 14 Yaxkin
4.19
(9.14. 0. 0. 0)
6 Ahau 13 Muan
5 Dec 711 AD (30 Nov)
Event 1(Initial Series) 9.10.16. 8.14
7 Oc 17 Zip
(really 7 Ix)
(Secondary Series)
2. 1. 4. 7
Event 2 (9.12.17.13. 1) 8 Imix 4 Pax
(Secondary Series)
7. 7. 8
Event 3 (9.13. 5. 2. 9) 11 Muluc12 Zip
(Secondary Series)
1.16. 3.14
Event 4 (9.15. 1. 6. 3) 11 Akbal 11 Pax
(really 6 Akbal)
(Secondary Series)
- 4. 4.15. 9
Event 5 (9.14.18. 5. 7) 2 Manik 10
Pax
(Secondary Series)
Event 4 (9.15. 1. 6. 3)
(Secondary Series)
Event 6 (9.15 2. 7. 1)?
Kayab)?
3. 0.16
6 Akbal
1. 0.18 ?
(7 Imix 4
6 Ix 12 Yaxkin (9.15.10.17.14)
6 days, (0 uinals), 10 tuns
11 Ajaw 8 Zec
(9.16.1.0.0)
PERIOD-ENDING DATES
260-day
THE SHORT COUNT
1
11
2
12
3
4
13
1
5
2
6
3
7
4
8
9
5
10
6
THE CORRELATION PROBLEM
+260 tuns = 256 years
+260 tuns = 256 years
+260 tuns = 256 years
+260 tuns = 256 years
+260 tuns = 256 years