MAYAN CALENDER
DIFFERENCES OF MAYAN CALENDER AND OUR CALENDAR:
MAYAN CALENDAR
Mayan calendars was one of the four
calendars and called the long
calendars usually used to measure
long periods of time both in the future
or in the past.
Mayans calendar was round in shape
and has mezzo American
hieroglyphics each of these represents
a specific time frame and are counted
in multiples of 13 and 20.
OUR CALENDAR
We have one calendar which is a solar
calendar with 12 months of 28- 31
days each.
Our calendar is square or rectangle,
and we have only one calendar with
numbers.
Both:
Calendar are representing or tell us about the days.
The Haab calendar of Mayans used 365 days like the one we use today.
1. Was there anything mysterious about the Mayan calendar?
Mayans calendars are complexed and have interlocking cycles and are
repeated.
The ancient Maya developed a sophisticated calendar system to track time and help them
to keep order in the world. They used three different calendars including 365 days like ours.
One of the most remarkable achievements of the Maya was their complex calendar system.
The Maya developed three types of calendars, each serving a unique purpose:
The Tzolkin: A 260-day cycle used primarily for planning religious and ceremonial events.
The Haab: For farming the Maya used a 365-days like the one we use today. The Haab
calendar consists of eighteen months of twenty days each, and most closely resembles our
solar year.
The Long Count: This was primarily used to record all history over a long period of time.