Re: Mayan Calendar (was Re: The New Year)

Nik Taylor nevesht:
>
>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.
>
In the Baha'i calendar each day of the 19day month has a name, in other
Iranian calendars each day of a 30/1-day month is named, and IIRC there were
names given to each day in the Revolutionary calendar.




-Wayne Chevrier






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