Haabʼ

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Haabʼ is the 365-day solar calendar used by the ancient Maya civilization to track the agricultural year and civil events.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Haabʼ canonical 4
Haabʼ calendar 4
Haab' 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya calendar
civil calendar
solar calendar
associatedWith Maya agriculture
Maya civil administration
calendarFamily Mesoamerican calendars
calendarType vague year
combinedWith Tzolkʼin
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
culturalContext Maya astronomy
Maya religion
formsWith Calendar Round
hasBase tropical year
hasCalendarRoundCycleLength 18980 days
52 Haabʼ years
hasComponent Wayebʼ
hasDayCountPerMonth 20
hasDayDesignation day number plus month name
hasDayNumbering 0–19 per month
hasEra preclassic to postclassic Maya periods
hasFirstDayNumber 0
hasLastDayNumber 19
hasMonthCount 18
hasNumberOfDays 365
hasStructure 18 months of 20 days plus 5 extra days
hasUnluckyDaysCount 5
hasUnluckyPeriodName Wayebʼ
isLunar false
isSolar true
preColumbianUsage true
relatedTo Long Count calendar
timeReckoningSystem Maya timekeeping
usedBy Maya civilization
usedFor civil events
civil record keeping
regulating planting and harvest
scheduling festivals
tracking agricultural year
usedIn Mesoamerica
writingSystem Maya hieroglyphs

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Referenced by (10)

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

Maya script associatedWith Haabʼ calendar
linked to: Haabʼ
Tzolkʼin calendar combinedWith Haabʼ calendar
linked to: Haabʼ
Maya numerals usedIn Haabʼ calendar
linked to: Haabʼ
Calendar Round hasComponent Haab'
linked to: Haabʼ
Calendar Round hasSolarCalendarName Haab'
linked to: Haabʼ
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar associatedWith Haabʼ calendar
linked to: Haabʼ
Maya civilization developedCalendar Haabʼ
subject linked to: Maya
Maya calendar hasComponent Haabʼ