Aztec and Maya Calendar

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In the years after the conquest of Mexico, the xiuhpohualli (solar calendar) became tied to the Julian calendar as used by the Spaniards. This effectively introduced a leap year to the Aztec calendar every four years (this site provides the pre-conquest calendar).

In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, this day (Thursday, September 20, 2012) is:

Tonalli: day	Trecena: 13-day period	Xihuitl: solar year



3 - Tochtli (rabbit)	1 - Miquiztli (death)	13 - Tecpatl (flint knife)

Yoaltecuhtli: Lord of the Night	Xiuhpohualli: 365-day calendar	Long Count: (Mayan calendar)

Mictlantecuhtli	10 - Tititl (XVIII)	12.19.19.13.8

The significance of this day

Day Tochtli (Rabbit) is governed by Mayahuel, Goddess of the Maguey and of Fertility, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Tochtli is a day of self-sacrifice and service to something greater than oneself. It signifies the religious attitude which holds everything sacred and results in experiences of self-transcendence. It is a mystical day, associated by the passages of the moon. It is a good day for communing with nature and spirit, a bad day for acting against others.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Miquiztli (Death) is ruled by Tonatiuh. This trecena signifies the vast cosmological forces at play in the lives of human beings. These 13 days are all influenced by transformative powers of unknown dimension, origin and intent. The days of this trecena often pass by unnoticed since they are not remarkable until the elementals turn their attention to this place, the first of the thirteen skies; when this occurs, though, the whole of the world changes. It is during these days that the song of the Old Ones may best be heard. These are good days to fulfill old obligations; bad days to go back on one's word.

Aztec and Maya Calendar

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Tonalli:

Trecena:

Xihuitl:

Yoaltecuhtli:

Xiuhpohualli:

Long Count:

The significance of this day