Calendars
The
Mayan, was obsessed with the time idea. Of all the systems of old calendars worldwide,
his most complex, they are confused and exact. This obsession lead them to create
numerous calendars, three of which they are mentioned here. The Tzolkin is the
exact astronomical calendar. The Haab is the solar calendar (also it called the
Vague calendar) and the "Long Account" that measures the march of the
time through the thousands of years of the past, present and future.
The Tzolkin is an astronomical calendar and has 13 months of 20-days each
one doing a year of 260 days. This year is not a solar year, is an astronomical
year. This period of time was called Ronda Sagrada. Ronda Sagrada of 260 days
moves through the classification of the time, in a repetitive snail, that finds
to the Haab calendar at the end of 52 years solar.
The
Vague Year (Vague) or Haab calendar of 365 days, is similar to our modern calendar,
unless only that uses 18 months of 20 days each one, with an unfortunate period
of the five-days at the end of the year; which was known like ' Vayeb'. The Mayan
knew the concept leap year year and I fit to the calendar each exactly every four
years exactly since it is made today. The Haab is the solar calendar; while clearly,
the Tzolkin was used to measure things beyond our Solar System. The union of the
Tzolkin and the Haab it happens every 52 solar years and 73 years of Tzolkin.
The aim of this cycle was feared, because it thought that it was a time in which
the world could finish. This 52 solar year, period of time, were called "bulk"
and meant the same for the Mayans, as our century I mean for us.
The
cycle of year 52 was inadequate, to measure the continuous one I journey of the
time through the ages. Nevertheless, another calendar was used. This one was called
the Long Account. Mayan Long Cuenta has date of beginning in August 10 of 3114
A.C. and runs to the present time and the future. They indeed indicate a date
exact. The long account, was not used to solely fix exact dates to time, nevertheless,
correlates those of Mayan governors, to the historical and mitológicos
events. The Mayan was not the unique one that use Long Cuenta. This has been found
in many parts of Mesoamérica and in many cases, far from the Mayan influence,
nevertheless, they were the Mayans that took this system to another level and
its use can be identified in almost all the Mayan classic cities.
