USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -They used 20-day months, and had two calendar years: the 260-day Sacred Round, or tzolkin, and the 365-day Vague Year, or haab . These two calendars coincided every 52 years. The 52-year period of time was called a “bundle” and meant the same to the Maya as our century does to us.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mayan calendar, dating system of the ancient Mayan civilization and the basis for all other calendars used by Mesoamerican civilizations. The calendar was based on a ritual cycle of 260 named days and a year of 365 days.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Maya sacred calendar is called Tzolk’in in Yucatec Mayan and Chol Q’ij in K’iche’ Mayan. This calendar is not divided into months. Instead, it is made from a succession of 20 day glyphs in combination with the numbers 1 to 13, and produces 260 unique days. Multiplying 20 x 13 equals 260 days.

Detailed explanation-4: -A Maya month or uinal consists of 20 solar days or kins. The 260-day sacred year or tzolkin consists of 13 months of 20 days, while the 365-day vague year or haab, consists of 18 months of 20 days, called the tun, followed by an intercalary “month” of five days called the uayeb.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Maya Long Count Each great cycle lasted 5128 years and it repeated indefinitely. Every inscription began with the date, usually the long count date and then followed by the calendar round (Tzolk’in date + Haab date). The base unit in the Long Count was the day (K’in).