Maya calendar
Ancient Tzolkin system
The Maya calendar is the timekeeping system developed by the ancient Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.
It comprises interlocking cycles: a 260-day ritual calendar, a 365-day solar calendar, and the Long Count for tracking longer periods.
The Maya calendar gained popular attention around 2012, when misinterpretations of a Long Count cycle ending sparked doomsday predictions: The Maya calendar doesn't actually predict the end of the world.
- cyclicalRepeating in rounds
- Chichen ItzaPre-Columbian archaeological site
- VenusLove goddess, or planet
- Dresden CodexMaya screenfold manuscript
- templeSacred worship structure
moon · ceremonial · Quetzalcoatl · feathered serpent · sun · indigenous · day · stone · astronomy · obsidian · jaguar · ritual · blood sacrifice · corn · hieroglyphic · cycle · stela · apocalypse
Maya calendarGregorian calendar
Current global date system
Julian calendar · Roman calendar · Hebrew calendar · Islamic calendar · Chinese calendar