Tzolkin

(noun)

This 365-day solar calendar utilized the movement of Earth around the Sun to calculate the year.

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Examples of Tzolkin in the following topics:

  • The Classic Period of the Maya

    • A 260-day calendar (Tzolkin) was combined with the 365-day solar calendar (Haab') to create a calendar round.
    • The Tzolkin calendar was used to calculate exact religious festival days.
    • When the Tzolkin and Haab' calendar's are combined they create a fifty-two-year solar calendar.

  • Dates and Calendars

    • The Mayan calendar had two years, the 260-day Sacred Round, or tzolkin, and the 365-day Vague Year, or haab.