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Aztec and Maya Calendar

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In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Friday May 1, 2026 is:

Tonalli:

day

Chicuei Quiahuitl

8 - Quiahuitl (rain)

Trecena:

13-day period

Ce Malinalli

Malinalli (grass)

Xihuitl:

solar year

Ce Tochtli

1 - Tochtli (rabbit)


Yoaltecuhtli:

Lord of the Night

Tlaloc

Xiuhpohualli:

365-day calendar

11 - Xocolhuetzi (X)

Long Count:

Mayan calendar

13.0.13.9.19

(Correlation: Alfonso Caso - Nicholson's veintena alignment [adjust])

The significance of this day

Day Quiahuitl (Rain, known as Cauac in Maya) is governed by Tonatiuh, the Sun God, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Quiahuitl is a day of relying on the unpredictable fortunes of fate. It is a good day for traveling and learning, a bad day for business and planning.

The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Malinalli (Grass) is ruled by Mayahuel, Goddess of the Maguey and Pulque. These are 13 days of intoxication, infatuation, excitement and passion: it is a time of excesses, when moderation is impossible, and so is often a time of disastrous consequences. This trecena signifies those times when we are incapable of protecting ourselves from high emotions. It is a time when affairs of war and affairs of the heart are born without thinking. These days are clouded in confusion: only the most self-disciplined warrior can suffer an excess of success without incuring sudden loss. These are good days to bind the community together; bad days to sow discord and discontent.

Lenny Kravitz was born on day 8-Quiahuitl.

Aztec facts

The Aztec, Maya and most other mesoamerican people used the same 260-day calendar with an identical correlation. So the Aztec date 1-Cipactli corresponds to 1-Imix for the Maya, etcetera.

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