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Aztec and Maya Calendar
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In the Mayan Long Count, the 13th b'ak'tun (144.000 day cycle) will start on the winter solstice of 2012 (December 21, 2012).
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, this day
(Sunday, September 27, 2026) is:
Tonalli:day | Trecena:13-day period | Xihuitl:solar year |
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| 1 - Tochtli (rabbit) | 1 - Tochtli (rabbit) | 1 - Tochtli (rabbit) |
Yoaltecuhtli:Lord of the Night | Xiuhpohualli:365-day calendar | Long Count:(Mayan calendar) |
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| Mictlantecuhtli | 20 - Tititl (XVIII) | 13.0.13.17.8 |
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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.1-Tochtli is the day for the feast of Xiuhtecuhtli, Lord of the Year, and Fire God.
This is a very dangerous time. The calendar round of 52 years (xiuhmolpilli or bundle) is about to end. During the next unlucky 5 days (nemontemi or useless days) all fires are to be extinguished. People stay at home, no public events are organized. If sun doesn't rise again after these 5 days (on 7-Ocelotl), a new xiuhmolpolli has failed to start, the end of the current world has arrived.
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Tochtli (Rabbit) is ruled by Xiuhtecuhtli, Lord of the Year. Tochtli is the last trecena of the sacred year. It signifies the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new one. These are 13 days associated with the mystical sacrifice proper to the vanguard of another age: it is an auspicious time, one great workers united in their goals; it is also a dangerous time, one of great risks requiring great courage and diligence. These days remind us of the old god, the first god, who both separates and unites the worlds of dreaming and waking: somewhere between winter and spring, something wakes in the dreaming heart which endures across the span of the cycling ages. These are good days to focus on the needs of others; bad days to focus on one's own needs.
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