Aztec calendar
Mesoamerican timekeeping wheel
The Aztec calendar was actually two interlocking systems used by the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican peoples.
The 365-day solar calendar tracked agricultural seasons and ceremonies.
The 260-day ritual calendar governed religious observances and divination.
The two cycles aligned every 52 years, an event marked by major ceremonies.
The famous "Aztec sun stone" is often called an Aztec calendar, though scholars debate whether it functioned as one.
- day24-hour period
- TenochtitlanAztec empire's central city
- timeMeasured passage of moments
- sunEarth's primary star
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
codices · sunstone · Mesoamerica · Quetzalcoatl · feathered serpent · cosmology · lunar phases · glyphs · star charts · solar year · pyramid · Moctezuma · obsidian · bloodletting · ritual sacrifice · maize · end of days · sacrifice
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- Mexican HeritageMaya, Nahuatl, mariachi, tequila, tortilla
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
- calendarsalmanac, almanacs, planners, diaries, datebooks
- Aztec WorldTenochtitlan, Aztecs, Nahuatl, Lake Texcoco, Moctezuma
- ancient AmericasMachu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Teotihuacan, Tenochtitlan, Tikal
Aztec calendarGregorian calendar
Current global date system
linear time · Julian calendar · atomic clock · Roman calendar · Egyptian calendar
Aztec calendarGregorian calendar
Current global date system
Roman calendar · Hebrew calendar · Islamic calendar · Chinese calendar