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By Antonio Calan
The calculation of the time according to the Maya ties together three calendars. The Cholqij, is the sacred calendar structure by thirteen months of twenty days each, with a total duration of 260 days. (13 times 20 = 260.) Its pace runs in agreement with the cycles of the moon and in correspondence with the period of human gestation.
13 months x 20 days = 260 Sacred Calendar
18 months x 20 days = 360 the Solar Calendar
plus 5 days of conciliation = 360 + 5 days = 365 days
Katun = 365 x 400 years = 146,000 days, Long Count Calendar
At the moment one calendar becomes effectual is almost in totality
in the Mayan communities, where every 260 days solemn ceremonies are
made to announce the conclusion and the beginning of a new cycle. The
daily routine begins with B'atz and follows E, Aj, Ix, T'zikin, K'AT,
Kan, Keme, Kej, Q'anil, Toj and Tz'i.
The Ab' or Solar Calendar, orders the tropical or solar year that is to say, the time which the Earth uses in its movement rotating around the sun. The exactitude of this calendar was calculated with four digits after the comma, that is to say, 365.2421 days. Nowadays computers have calculated a period of 365.2422 days.
This
calendar consists of 365 days, divided in 18 months by 20 days plus
a month of five days with a total of 365 days, which is the assigned
number that symbolizes the union of the divine, and the human, necessary
for the establishment of the great totality required. This short month
is dedicated to meditation and to great ceremonies, for reconciliation
through acts of mutual pardon and forgiveness for any offenses occurred
during the previous year.
Every 52 years, when the beginning of the Ab' agrees with Cholq'ij, a special date occurs because a cycle is completed. This gives rise to a new reordering and correction of any imbalances within the society. Known as the long account, creating a registry of astronomical facts, so by the end, it distinguishes without error the possibility of one day between 136, 655,000. This is done with such a system that a date could not be repeated in a lapse of 374,152 astronomical years.
The Mayan calendar is a mathematical measurement that has been used from generation to generation in the diverse Mayan regions. Currently there are different interpretations of the dates that correspond to the period of where the Maya is in time. Some scholars, who have compared the Gregorian calendar with the Mayan, do not agree because of the changes that both the Gregorian and Christian calendars have faced , compared to the brief adjustments that the Mayan priests have made presently. Some of them are concerned with the date of the fulfillment of the Baktunes cycle, which has 144,000 days, that is estimated that will occur in 2012.
However, the Long Count Calendar doesn't have 360 days. It's contain 365 days, then if someone use 360 days it wrong. Some non mayan are making wrong calculations and it will create issues, because on 2012 nothing will happen as movies and groups of interest are pursuing.
Note: We are the year 5,197 according the Mayan Calendar. (2009 Christian Gregorian Calendar)
The New Choltun or Year 5,197 will start on (January 11, 2009, Christian Gregorian Calendar).
This information is based on the knowledge shared by Apolinario Chile Pixtun, or Chuch Ajaw - Ijatz Achi. Dated on Q'ij: Lajuj Ajpu, Ik': Wo'o bab'ey Tumusus, Rajkalem Juna': Kab'lajuj Ajmaq, Juna: 5192. Which is February 1, 2005.
The Mayan People Ajq’ijab’ Great Confederation of Guatemala
Is an umbrella of 96 community base organizations working with men and women toward keeping elders knowledge of shamans, timekeepers, midwifes and musicians. Their skills have being as medicine man as well teaching youths throughout Mayan life style.