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According to some authorities, the first baktun was 0, and the baktun now ending is 12; according to others it is 13. Either way, it is the 13th since the start-date of the Long Count. What the 2012 Scaremongers claim is: — The end of this 13th 144,000-day baktun is the end of the Mayan calendar, or of a major cycle in it.
Oct 14, 2009 · The Maya who developed the Long Count calendar believed the end of one cycle would simply signal the beginning of another. According to this logic, a new Grand Cycle would start on December 22, 2012.
A Calendar Round designation consists of a tzolk'in date followed by a haab' date—for example, 1 Ahaw 3 Pop. To reach the next date in the series, one moves forward one position in the tzolk'in (to 2 Imix) and one position in the haab'(to 4 Pop). This combination of dates will not occur again until 18,980 days, or 52 years, have passed.
Dec 18, 2012 · "It is quite clear that the Mayan system envisages a new cycle of the calendar beginning on the 22 December 2012," says Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods, and something of a rock ...
Dec 21, 2020 · The coronations of new kings, as well as the end of k’atuns and other auspicious dates, were also recorded on stela. The Maya sometimes noted dates in terms of their distance from another date. Some calculations using this form of notation appear to have been used to refer to events extraordinarily far back in the past. One date corresponds ...
While, there is much discussion about the completion of the Mayan calendar's 13th baktun (a.k.a. the Mayan Long Count Calendar or the "Great Cycle") on December 21, 2012 (the usually given date which is occassionally debated); the truth of the matter is, that, there's only one known ancient Mayan reference to this particular day.
In contrast no one who claimed that the end date of the Mayan calendar is December 21, 2012 made any similar prediction and can mostly not credit themselves with having made one single accurate prediction based on the Mayan calendar. Already this should be a red flag for anyone looking for a way to understand.
