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The key to understanding all of this is the basic Mesoamerican two-calendar system: the sacred Tzolkin and the secular Haab.
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Cumku is the name of the month in the 360+5 day Haab, along with its numerical coefficient 8 (one of the 18 Maya months).
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Therefore, if we begin with the day name 2 Ik on the Tzolkin and 0 Pop on the Haab and imagine the two calendar wheels intermeshing like two cogs of a wheel it will take 73 revolutions of the smaller Tzolkin calendar wheel and 52 revolutions of the larger Haab calendar wheel to return to the same combination of names and numbers, namely 2 Ik 0 Pop.
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Anyway, the Haab or yearly calendar contains 365 days made up of 18 Maya months of 20 days each plus a closing "month" of five days at the end of the year (18 x 20 +5 = 365 days).
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The key to understanding all of this is the basic Mesoamerican two-calendar system: the sacred Tzolkin and the secular Haab.
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Cumku is the name of the month in the 360+5 day Haab, along with its numerical coefficient 8 (one of the 18 Maya months).
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Anyway, the Haab or yearly calendar contains 365 days made up of 18 Maya months of 20 days each plus a closing "month" of five days at the end of the year (18 x 20 +5 = 365 days).
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Therefore, if we begin with the day name 2 Ik on the Tzolkin and 0 Pop on the Haab and imagine the two calendar wheels intermeshing like two cogs of a wheel it will take 73 revolutions of the smaller Tzolkin calendar wheel and 52 revolutions of the larger Haab calendar wheel to return to the same combination of names and numbers, namely 2 Ik 0 Pop.
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Los mexicas lo llamaban Tonalpohualli y lo usaban para predecir el futuro. un calendario agrícola, llamado Haab por los mayas.
Pseudohistoria: 2012, el fin del mundo se acerca (��Otra vez?) 2009
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Tim Haab relays that the oil spills into the Mississipppi are about 3. 7M gallons.
Think Progress » Right-Wing Myths About Katrina, Debunked 2005
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