The Mayan Calendar

To calculate the Mayan Date, enter the Gregorian Date below.  The Gregorian Calendar is the standard western calendar that most use today.

Day ~ Month ~ Year Sorry, the Mayan Calendar Calculator is down for Maintenance  To Use the Mayan Calendar Converter,  you must have a Java-compatable Browser # Religious day (translation)/ # Solar day /long count

<-The order is Day, Month Number, and 4 digit <-Year in the java calculator to the left. <-eg. 1st of February, 1998 is:  1     2     1998 View Mayan Calendar Stone View Aztec Calendar Stone and Explanation

Days of Religious Calendar
the religious calendar contains 260 days - 20 named days in sets of 13

Mayan Day	Meaning	Mayan Day	Meaning
Imix	Alligator	Chuen	Monkey
Ik	Wind	Eb	Grass
Akbal	House	Ben	Reed
Kan	Lizard	Ix	Jaguar
Chiccan	Serpent	Men	Eagle
Cimi	Death	Cib	Vulture
Manik	Deer	Caban	Earthquake
Lamat	Rabbit	Etznab	Knife
Muluc	Water	Cauac	Rain
Oc	Dog	Ahau	Flower

Looking at the picture of the Calendar Stone, the 20 glyphs for the days are in the third concentric circle from the center. They progress counter-clockwise with Imix at about 11:30 (just to the left of top center), Ik at 11:00, etc, all the way around to Ahau at 12:30 (just to the right of top center).

Months of Solar Calendar
the solar calendar contains 365 days - 18 months divided into 20 days plus 5 days of Uayeb

Mayan Month	Meaning	Mayan Month	Meaning
Pop	Chief	Zac	Frog
Uo	Night Jaguar	Ceh	Red Deer
Zip	Cloud Serpent	Mac	Enclosure
Zotz	Bat	Kankin	Dog of the Underworld
Tzec	Sky and Earth	Muan	Bird
Xul	Dog	Pax	Great Puma
Yaxkin	First Sun	Kayab	Turtle
Mol	Collection	Cumhu	Underworld Dragon
Chen	Cave of the Moon	Uayeb	Poisoned
Yax	New

The numbers before the day and month names in the Java calendar designate the date in each of the two Mayan calendars.  The Mayans used two calendars running simultaneously.

The first is the religious calendar year of 260 days (numbers 1-13 X 20 day names).

The second is the solar calendar year of 365 days (20 days per month X18 months + 5 days in Uayeb).  Uayeb is an unlucky period of the year used to synchronize the calendar with the sun.  It was a period of many rituals and great sacrifices.

Together, the two calendars name the unique date in a 52 year cycle called the "Calendar Round."

The second set of numbers, #.#.#.#.#, is called the Long Count date.  It is a day by day count of days since the beginning of time for the Mayans.

The procession of numbers though the long count is much like an odometer, the numbers increasing in value from right to left, and the rollers counting through the following numbers: (0-12).(0-19).(0-19).(0-17).(0-20)

For example, 7/28/98 which has a long count value of 12.19.05.07.00 would be calculated
(12*144000) + (19*7200) + (5*360) + (7*20) + (0*1) to find out the number of days since this calendar has been running.  This happens to be 1866740 days or about 5000 years.  This is a very ancient calendar.

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