Tzolkʼin calendar

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The Tzolkʼin calendar is a 260-day sacred ritual calendar of the ancient Maya used for divination, ceremonial events, and structuring religious life.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tzolkʼin 7
Tzolkʼin calendar canonical 4
Tzolk'in 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya calendar
Mesoamerican calendar
divinatory calendar
ritual calendar
associatedWith Maya astrology
linked to: Maya calendar

Maya cosmology
Maya religion
basedOn combination of 20 day names and 13 numbers
combinedWith Haabʼ calendar
linked to: Haabʼ
forms Calendar Round
hasAlternativeName Sacred Round
Tzolkin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar

Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
hasComponent 13 numbers
20 day names
hasConcept cyclical time
sacred time
hasCulturalRegion Maya area
Mesoamerica
hasCycleLength 260 days
hasDayNameCount 20
hasDuration 260 days
hasLanguageOfName Yucatec Maya
hasNumberRange 1 to 13
hasOriginCulture Maya civilization
hasReligiousRole organizing festivals
structuring offerings and sacrifices
hasScriptRepresentation Maya hieroglyphs
hasStructure interlocking number and day-name sequences
hasTimeDepth Pre-Columbian era
hasTotalUniqueDays 260
influenced other Mesoamerican ritual calendars
linkedTo agricultural cycles
mythological cycles
ritual cycles
partOf Maya calendar system
repeatsEvery 260 days
studiedIn Maya epigraphy
Mesoamerican archaeology
usedBy Maya priests
ancient Maya
linked to: Maya peoples
usedFor birth date interpretation
ceremonial events
choosing auspicious dates
determining ritual schedules
divination
guiding personal destiny interpretations
naming days
political and dynastic ritual timing
structuring religious life

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maya civilization developed Tzolkʼin calendar
Long Count calendar relatedCalendar Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Maya script associatedWith Tzolkʼin calendar
Tzolkʼin calendar hasAlternativeName Tzolkin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Tzolkʼin calendar hasAlternativeName Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Maya numerals usedIn Tzolkʼin calendar
Calendar Round hasComponent Tzolk'in
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Calendar Round hasRitualCalendarName Tzolk'in
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Aztec mythology usesCalendar Tonalpohualli
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Haabʼ combinedWith Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Maya civilization developedCalendar Tzolkʼin
subject linked to: Maya
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Maya peoples calendarSystem Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Kaan usedCalendar Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Maya calendar hasComponent Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar