Mesoamerican Calendar Traditions

4 entries from the Mesoamerican tradition: 3 calendar systems, 1 cycle.

The Long Count is a running tally of days in units of k'in (1 day), winal (20), tun (360), k'atun (7200) and b'ak'tun (144,000...

The Tzolk'in is the 260-day ritual calendar of the Maya, combining the numbers 1 to 13 with 20 named days. It ran alongside the...

The Aztecs used a 365-day year, the xiuhpohualli, of 18 periods of 20 days plus five nemontemi days, and a 260-day ritual count...

The Calendar Round is the period after which a given combination of the 260-day Tzolk'in and 365-day Haab' recurs, 18,980 days or...