The Mayan Round Calendar Is Divided In

Multiplying 20 x 13 equals 260 days.

The mayan round calendar is divided in. Most of what we know about mayan astrology is from the tzolkin. This does have astrological importance but much of its meaning has been lost. The first is the sacred round of 260 days the tzolkin composed of 20 day names and 13 numbers it is pictured as a set of interlocking cog wheels representing circular time.

The mayan calendar is divided into seven ages of man. One with numbers from one to 13 the other with 20 named days. The mayan calendar consists of three separate corresponding calendars.

The mayan long count calendar is divided into 260 katuns and 13 baktuns. The fourth epoch ended in august 1987. The mayan calendar is divided into a broad calendar system composed of a set of different cycles that are intertwined with each other.

The maya calendar consists of several cycles or counts of different lengths. The 260 day count is known to scholars as the tzolkin or tzolkʼin. The 260 day sacred round also called the tzolkin is the heart of the aztec calendar the mayan calendar and nearly every native calendar of the americas.

Instead it is made from a succession of 20 day glyphs in combination with the numbers 1 to 13 and produces 260 unique days. The mayan calendar comes to an end on sunday december 23 2012. The long count the tzolkin divine calendar and the haab civil calendar.

This calendar is not divided into months. The maya sacred calendar is called tzolk in in yucatec mayan and chol q ij in k iche mayan. The calendar round simply names the day in two different calendars.