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.

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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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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
Mesoamerican calendar → hasRitualCycleName → Tzolkʼin ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Sacred Round → hasAlternativeName → Tzolk'in ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Sacred Round → hasAlternativeName → Tzolkʼin ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Maya city-states → usesCalendar → Tzolkʼin calendar ⓘ
subject linked to: Maya city‑states
GMT correlation → calendarTypeLinked → Maya Tzolk’in ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Long Count → isCoordinatedWith → Tzolkʼin calendar ⓘ
Dresden Codex → associatedCalendar → 260-day Tzolk’in calendar ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Copán dynasty → usedCalendar → Tzolkʼin ritual calendar ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Maya of Copán → usedCalendarSystem → Tzolkʼin calendar ⓘ
Maya priesthood → usedCalendar → Tzolkʼin ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
Lords of the Night cycle → relatedTo → Tzolkʼin calendar ⓘ
Maya astronomy → associatedCalendar → Tzolk'in ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar