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Learn how the Mayan calendar works with three interlacing calendars: the Long Count, the Tzolkin and the Haab. Find out why the Mayan calendar did not end in 2012 and how it is still used today by some Mayan communities.
Jul 7, 2012 · The Maya Calendar does not predict the end of the world in 2012, but a change in the cycle of time. The web page explains the Maya cosmology, legends, and calendars, and cites scholarly opinions on the topic.
- Joshua J. Mark
A Calendar Round date is a date that gives both the Tzolkʼin and Haabʼ. This date will repeat after 52 Haabʼ years or 18,980 days, a Calendar Round. For example, the current creation started on 4 Ahau 8 Kumkʼu.
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. Taken together, they form a longer cycle of 18,980 days, or 52 years of 365.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The 2012 phenomenon was a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012, the end of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. Learn about the Maya origins, interpretations, and refutations of this date, as well as the cultural and astronomical aspects of the phenomenon.
Jun 28, 2012 · A newly discovered Maya text reveals the "end date" for the Mayan calendar, becoming only the second known document to do so. But unlike some modern people, ancient Maya did not expect the...
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Learn about the ancient Maya calendar system, which consists of four cycles: Haab, Tzolk’in, Calendar Round and Long Count. The Long Count cycle ends on December 21, 2012, according to the Gregorian calendar.
