Talk:Mayan calendar
Reference dates
For reference, here are several dates in Gregorian and Mayan.
Around the roll over.
Gregorian Tzolk’in Haab Long Lord of
Date # Name Day Month Count the Night
2012-12-15 11 Hix 17 Mak 12.19.19.17.14 G3
2012-12-16 12 Men 18 Mak 12.19.19.17.15 G4
2012-12-17 13 Kib 19 Mak 12.19.19.17.16 G5
2012-12-18 1 Kaban Chum K’ank’in 12.19.19.17.17 G6
2012-12-19 2 Etz’nab 1 K’ank’in 12.19.19.17.18 G7
2012-12-20 3 Kawak 2 K’ank’in 12.19.19.17.19 G8
2012-12-21 4 Ajaw 3 K’ank’in 13.0.0.0.0 G9
2012-12-22 5 Imix 4 K’ank’in 13.0.0.0.1 G1
2012-12-23 6 Ik’ 5 K’ank’in 13.0.0.0.2 G2
2012-12-24 7 Ak’bal 6 K’ank’in 13.0.0.0.3 G3
2012-12-25 8 K’an 7 K’ank’in 13.0.0.0.4 G4
First quarter 2019:
Gregorian Tzolk’in Haab Long Lord of
Date # Name Day Month Count the Night
2019-01-01 9 Ik’ 15 K’ank’in 13.0.6.2.2 G6
2019-01-02 10 Ak’bal 16 K’ank’in 13.0.6.2.3 G7
2019-01-03 11 K’an 17 K’ank’in 13.0.6.2.4 G8
2019-01-04 12 Chikchan 18 K’ank’in 13.0.6.2.5 G9
2019-01-05 13 Kimi 19 K’ank’in 13.0.6.2.6 G1
2019-01-06 1 Manik’ Chum Muwan 13.0.6.2.7 G2
2019-01-07 2 Lamat 1 Muwan 13.0.6.2.8 G3
2019-01-08 3 Muluk 2 Muwan 13.0.6.2.9 G4
2019-01-09 4 Ok 3 Muwan 13.0.6.2.10 G5
2019-01-10 5 Chuwen 4 Muwan 13.0.6.2.11 G6
2019-01-11 6 Eb 5 Muwan 13.0.6.2.12 G7
2019-01-12 7 Ben 6 Muwan 13.0.6.2.13 G8
2019-01-13 8 Hix 7 Muwan 13.0.6.2.14 G9
2019-01-14 9 Men 8 Muwan 13.0.6.2.15 G1
2019-01-15 10 Kib 9 Muwan 13.0.6.2.16 G2
2019-01-16 11 Kaban 10 Muwan 13.0.6.2.17 G3
2019-01-17 12 Etz’nab 11 Muwan 13.0.6.2.18 G4
2019-01-18 13 Kawak 12 Muwan 13.0.6.2.19 G5
2019-01-19 1 Ajaw 13 Muwan 13.0.6.3.0 G6
2019-01-20 2 Imix 14 Muwan 13.0.6.3.1 G7
2019-01-21 3 Ik’ 15 Muwan 13.0.6.3.2 G8
2019-01-22 4 Ak’bal 16 Muwan 13.0.6.3.3 G9
2019-01-23 5 K’an 17 Muwan 13.0.6.3.4 G1
2019-01-24 6 Chikchan 18 Muwan 13.0.6.3.5 G2
2019-01-25 7 Kimi 19 Muwan 13.0.6.3.6 G3
2019-01-26 8 Manik’ Chum Pax 13.0.6.3.7 G4
2019-01-27 9 Lamat 1 Pax 13.0.6.3.8 G5
2019-01-28 10 Muluk 2 Pax 13.0.6.3.9 G6
2019-01-29 11 Ok 3 Pax 13.0.6.3.10 G7
2019-01-30 12 Chuwen 4 Pax 13.0.6.3.11 G8
2019-01-31 13 Eb 5 Pax 13.0.6.3.12 G9
2019-02-01 1 Ben 6 Pax 13.0.6.3.13 G1
2019-02-02 2 Hix 7 Pax 13.0.6.3.14 G2
2019-02-03 3 Men 8 Pax 13.0.6.3.15 G3
2019-02-04 4 Kib 9 Pax 13.0.6.3.16 G4
2019-02-05 5 Kaban 10 Pax 13.0.6.3.17 G5
2019-02-06 6 Etz’nab 11 Pax 13.0.6.3.18 G6
2019-02-07 7 Kawak 12 Pax 13.0.6.3.19 G7
2019-02-08 8 Ajaw 13 Pax 13.0.6.4.0 G8
2019-02-09 9 Imix 14 Pax 13.0.6.4.1 G9
2019-02-10 10 Ik’ 15 Pax 13.0.6.4.2 G1
2019-02-11 11 Ak’bal 16 Pax 13.0.6.4.3 G2
2019-02-12 12 K’an 17 Pax 13.0.6.4.4 G3
2019-02-13 13 Chikchan 18 Pax 13.0.6.4.5 G4
2019-02-14 1 Kimi 19 Pax 13.0.6.4.6 G5
2019-02-15 2 Manik’ Chum K’ayab 13.0.6.4.7 G6
2019-02-16 3 Lamat 1 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.8 G7
2019-02-17 4 Muluk 2 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.9 G8
2019-02-18 5 Ok 3 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.10 G9
2019-02-19 6 Chuwen 4 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.11 G1
2019-02-20 7 Eb 5 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.12 G2
2019-02-21 8 Ben 6 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.13 G3
2019-02-22 9 Hix 7 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.14 G4
2019-02-23 10 Men 8 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.15 G5
2019-02-24 11 Kib 9 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.16 G6
2019-02-25 12 Kaban 10 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.17 G7
2019-02-26 13 Etz’nab 11 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.18 G8
2019-02-27 1 Kawak 12 K’ayab 13.0.6.4.19 G9
2019-02-28 2 Ajaw 13 K’ayab 13.0.6.5.0 G1
2019-03-01 3 Imix 14 K’ayab 13.0.6.5.1 G2
2019-03-02 4 Ik’ 15 K’ayab 13.0.6.5.2 G3
2019-03-03 5 Ak’bal 16 K’ayab 13.0.6.5.3 G4
2019-03-04 6 K’an 17 K’ayab 13.0.6.5.4 G5
2019-03-05 7 Chikchan 18 K’ayab 13.0.6.5.5 G6
2019-03-06 8 Kimi 19 K’ayab 13.0.6.5.6 G7
2019-03-07 9 Manik’ Chum Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.7 G8
2019-03-08 10 Lamat 1 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.8 G9
2019-03-09 11 Muluk 2 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.9 G1
2019-03-10 12 Ok 3 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.10 G2
2019-03-11 13 Chuwen 4 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.11 G3
2019-03-12 1 Eb 5 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.12 G4
2019-03-13 2 Ben 6 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.13 G5
2019-03-14 3 Hix 7 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.14 G6
2019-03-15 4 Men 8 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.15 G7
2019-03-16 5 Kib 9 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.16 G8
2019-03-17 6 Kaban 10 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.17 G9
2019-03-18 7 Etz’nab 11 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.18 G1
2019-03-19 8 Kawak 12 Kumk’u 13.0.6.5.19 G2
2019-03-20 9 Ajaw 13 Kumk’u 13.0.6.6.0 G3
2019-03-21 10 Imix 14 Kumk’u 13.0.6.6.1 G4
2019-03-22 11 Ik’ 15 Kumk’u 13.0.6.6.2 G5
2019-03-23 12 Ak’bal 16 Kumk’u 13.0.6.6.3 G6
2019-03-24 13 K’an 17 Kumk’u 13.0.6.6.4 G7
2019-03-25 1 Chikchan 18 Kumk’u 13.0.6.6.5 G8
2019-03-26 2 Kimi 19 Kumk’u 13.0.6.6.6 G9
2019-03-27 3 Manik’ Chum Wayeb 13.0.6.6.7 G1
2019-03-28 4 Lamat 1 Wayeb 13.0.6.6.8 G2
2019-03-29 5 Muluk 2 Wayeb 13.0.6.6.9 G3
2019-03-30 6 Ok 3 Wayeb 13.0.6.6.10 G4
2019-03-31 7 Chuwen 4 Wayeb 13.0.6.6.11 G5
2019-04-01 8 Eb Chum Pop 13.0.6.6.12 G6
2019-04-02 9 Ben 1 Pop 13.0.6.6.13 G7
2019-04-03 10 Hix 2 Pop 13.0.6.6.14 G8
2019-04-04 11 Men 3 Pop 13.0.6.6.15 G9
2019-04-05 12 Kib 4 Pop 13.0.6.6.16 G1
2019-04-06 13 Kaban 5 Pop 13.0.6.6.17 G2
2019-04-07 1 Etz’nab 6 Pop 13.0.6.6.18 G3
2019-04-08 2 Kawak 7 Pop 13.0.6.6.19 G4
2019-04-09 3 Ajaw 8 Pop 13.0.6.7.0 G5
2019-04-10 4 Imix 9 Pop 13.0.6.7.1 G6
2019-04-11 5 Ik’ 10 Pop 13.0.6.7.2 G7
2019-04-12 6 Ak’bal 11 Pop 13.0.6.7.3 G8
2019-04-13 7 K’an 12 Pop 13.0.6.7.4 G9
2019-04-14 8 Chikchan 13 Pop 13.0.6.7.5 G1
2019-04-15 9 Kimi 14 Pop 13.0.6.7.6 G2
2019-04-16 10 Manik’ 15 Pop 13.0.6.7.7 G3
2019-04-17 11 Lamat 16 Pop 13.0.6.7.8 G4
2019-04-18 12 Muluk 17 Pop 13.0.6.7.9 G5
2019-04-19 13 Ok 18 Pop 13.0.6.7.10 G6
2019-04-20 1 Chuwen 19 Pop 13.0.6.7.11 G7
2019-04-21 2 Eb Chum Wo 13.0.6.7.12 G8
2019-04-22 3 Ben 1 Wo 13.0.6.7.13 G9
2019-04-23 4 Hix 2 Wo 13.0.6.7.14 G1
2019-04-24 5 Men 3 Wo 13.0.6.7.15 G2
2019-04-25 6 Kib 4 Wo 13.0.6.7.16 G3
2019-04-26 7 Kaban 5 Wo 13.0.6.7.17 G4
2019-04-27 8 Etz’nab 6 Wo 13.0.6.7.18 G5
2019-04-28 9 Kawak 7 Wo 13.0.6.7.19 G6
2019-04-29 10 Ajaw 8 Wo 13.0.6.8.0 G7
2019-04-30 11 Imix 9 Wo 13.0.6.8.1 G8
--Thundergnat (talk) 02:50, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
"Mayan" nomenclature and the regularity of the Long Count
I think it's worth noting that these calendars, or very similar ones, were used by multiple Mesoamerican cultures (e.g. Zapotec, Olmec, Aztec), and the names used for them were coined by modern Mayanists and are not necessarily contemporary. Also, I think the Long Count is best understood as a simple linear count of days rather than a Gregorian-like calendar system. We write it in dotted-decimal notation, but each number in that notation represents a single digit in the original script. It's true that the represented number of days is not equal to the apparent value of the numeral, but the relationship to the numeral is much more regular than most systems of calendar units. A good analogy is the common practice of writing the 24-hour time of day as a four-digit number, e.g. "1637" for 4:37pm. That appears to be an ordinary numeral, yet it doesn't represent 1,637 minutes after midnight; the second-least-significant digit maxes out at 5 instead of 9, so that the "hundreds" digit counts 60-minute hours instead of 100-minute periods. In much the same way, the second-least-significant digit in the Long Count maxes out at 17 instead of 19, so that the "400s" digit counts 360-day _tun_'s instead of 400-day periods. But all of the other units are 20 of the next lower unit, because they're really just digits in the number. --Markjreed (talk) 21:59, 31 January 2021 (UTC)