Tzolkin

ritual cycle

• In Mayan calendar

  …variously referred to as the Tzolkin (“Count of Days”), divinatory calendar, ritual calendar, or simply the day calendar. Within the Tzolkin are two smaller cycles of days numbered from 1 to 13 and an ordered series of 20 named days. Although the names for the ritual days differed throughout Mesoamerica,…

  Read More
• 
  In calendar: The Mayan calendar

  Some authorities call it the Tzolkin (Count of Days); others refer to it as the Divinatory Calendar, the Ritual Calendar, or simply the day cycle. It is formed by the combination of numerals 1 through 13, meshing day by day with an ordered series of 20 names. The names of…

  Read More
• 
  In pre-Columbian civilizations: The Maya calendar and writing system

  …a 260-day sacred year (tzolkin) formed by the combination of 13 numbers (1 to 13) and 20 day names; a solar year (haab), divided into 18 months of 20 days numbered from 0 to 19, followed by a five-day unlucky period (Uayeb); and a series of cycles—uinal (20 kins,…

  Read More