The mayan calendar dates from aproximately the 1st century B.C.. It is made up of 260 days and it is so accurate that it is a 10 000th of day more exact than aour actual calendar.
The calendar had 20-day months. They used two calendar years:
- The 260-day Sacred Round Calendar, or tzolkin.
- The 365-day Vague Year, or haab.
The Sacred Round Calendar has 13 months of 20 days each. They believed that each day was associated to a god that carried time from day to night. Those gods are Imix, Ik, Akbal, Kan, Chicchan, Cimi, Manik, Lamat, Muluc, Oc, Chuen, Eb, Ben, Ix, Men, Cib, Caban, Eiznab, Cauac, and Ahau. Some of them were animals.
It is used to determine special events related with gods.
The Vague Year calendar is similar to the actual calendar. It has 18 Months of 20 days each. It has to do with seasons and agriculture.
The months are known as: Pop, Uo, Zip, Zotz, Tzec, Xuc, Yaxkin, Mol, Chen, Yax, Zac, Ceh, Mac, Kankin, Maun, Pax, Kayab and Cumku.
