Welcome to the Maya Calendar Converter. Type in any date you would like to convert below to see the Maya Long Count Calendar Date. You can try your birthday or a special date of your choice.
Maya Calendar Converter
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Understanding the Maya Calendar
The Maya Long Count calendar is a non-repeating, vigesimal (base-20) calendar system used by several Mesoamerican cultures. It consists of the following units:
- Kin: 1 day
- Winal: 20 kins (20 days)
- Tun: 18 winals (360 days, approx. 1 year)
- Katun: 20 tuns (7,200 days, approx. 20 years)
- Baktun: 20 katuns (144,000 days, approx. 394 years)
The Long Count date is typically written as: Baktun.Katun.Tun.Winal.Kin
Interesting Facts:
- The Maya believed that the world was created on the Long Count date 13.0.0.0.0, which correlates to August 11, 3114 BCE in the Gregorian calendar.
- The date 13.0.0.0.0 occurred again on December 21, 2012, leading to various theories about the “end” of the Maya calendar.
- The Maya also used other calendar systems alongside the Long Count, including a 260-day sacred calendar (Tzolk’in) and a 365-day solar calendar (Haab’).