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2012 long count
When did the mayans start their long count calender?
and why did they choose that year and date. It ends on 12/21/2012, i forget when it starts, something like 3XXX bc, can somebody please xplain this to me as thoroughly as you can.
The current cycle began on 0.0.0.0.0.1 Ahua. (The Mayan calendar is read right to left.)
What that equates to in the Gregorian calendar is anyone's guess, as there isn't a "Rosetta Stone" that cross references the two calendars. The best guesstimate for today's date is 12.19.15.7.19.1 Cauac (26 June 2008). Tomorrow therefore, will be 12.19.15.8.0.2 Ahau.
The best way to describe the Mayan calendar is wheels within wheels. There are 20 Kin (days) in a Uinal. 1 Cauac and 2 Ahau are both "day names". I don't remember how many Uinals in a Tun or a Baktun, etc. But as each "increment" returns to the start, the next "cog" on the wheel revolves.
If the Spanish invaders hadn't have been so gungho about converting the South Americans to Christianity and burning all their books, we may have a better idea of how to correlate the two calendars. But if the above calculations are correct, then Sunday 23 December 2012 will equate to 13.0.0.0.0.4 Ahau ... and will mark the beginning of the 5th cycle of the Mayan long count.
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Coast to Coast AM: The Twelve, 2012, & Mayan Calendar 2/4
Do you believe that 2012 is doomsday?
Am I silly for being a little scared about all the hype around the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar predicting the end of the world, on Demember 12, 2012?
Does anyone else wonder about this?
I was a little scared too, because History channel makes everything sound real. In fact, all it really means is that the calender must be reset as they measure their time in baktuns and this "baktun" count ends at 13. This counts up from their "day of creation". Their time is like decimals, so it would look like 13.00.00.00.00 on December 12, 2012 as that corresponds to 13 baktuns. All it means is to reset the calender, and in all Mayan finds, no correlation between doomsday and resetting the calender has been found, except for their belief in cycles, or when a flood or some sort comes and wipes things out. No evidence has ever shown this happening. Ever. So, instead of thinking of it as doomsday, think of the Mayan's resetting their calender.
On a side note, if you think the Mayans could predict doomsday, why didn't they predict their own demise way back when?
Hope it comforts your fears.
