![]() ![]() Since the Calendar Round only worked for specifying dates for a period of 52 solar years, another calendar called Long Count was developed to specify dates longer than that. Tzolkin and Haab’ together forms a synchronized cycle lasting for 52 Haabs called the Calendar Round, which are still used by many groups in the Guatemalan highlands. The Haab’, or the 365-day count, is the Maya solar calendar that consists of 18 months of 20 days and an additional month with a period of 5 days at the end of the year, totaling 365 days. ![]() ![]() This calendar combines the 20 day names with the 13 numbers of the trecena cycle to produce 260 days. The Tzolkin or the 260-day count, also referred to as the Maya Sacred Round, is mainly used to determine the time of religious and ceremonial events. Mayas developed and used a system of calendars that consist of several circles. One of the famous ones would be the Maya calendar system. Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization that is well known for achievements in many fields like language, art, religion, astronomy etc. ![]()
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