Re: Mayan Calendar (was Re: The New Year)
From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, January 22, 2003, 12:27 |
Tim May wrote:
> Taking the tzolkin and haab dates together gives us a calendar round
> date (9 Etznab 11 Muan). This combination will not recur for 18980
> days (52 years).
Right, that was my point. 20 days from now, 11 Pax, will be 3 Etznab in
the Tzolkin, that is, also an Etznab day. Of course, they wouldn't use
just the 20-day week name with the Haab, but I was just correcting a
misunderstanding that each day of the month had a name.
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