Sacred Round

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Sacred Round is the English name for the 260-day Mesoamerican ritual calendar used by the Maya and other pre-Columbian cultures for divination and ceremonial purposes.

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Sacred Round canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican ritual calendar ⓘ
calendar system ⓘ
associatedWithDeityType day patrons ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Mesoamerica ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
category Mesoamerican calendars ⓘ
Religious calendars ⓘ
combinedWith Mesoamerican 365-day solar calendar ⓘ
cycleLengthWhenCombined 18,980 days ⓘ
52 Haabʼ years ⓘ
documentedIn Aztec codices ⓘ
Maya codices ⓘ
formsCalendarRoundWith Haabʼ ⓘ
Xiuhpohualli ⓘ
hasAlternativeName 260-day calendar ⓘ
Tonalpohualli ⓘ
Tzolk'in ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar

Tzolkʼin ⓘ
linked to: Tzolkʼin calendar
hasComponent 20 day names ⓘ
numbers 1–13 ⓘ
hasConceptualRole guiding ritual specialists ⓘ
organizing sacred time ⓘ
hasDayCount 260 days ⓘ
hasMathematicalBasis least common multiple of 13 and 20 ⓘ
hasStructure cycle of 20 named days combined with numbers 1 to 13 ⓘ
influencedBy earlier Mesoamerican calendrical traditions ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
practitionerTitle daykeeper ⓘ
relatedConcept Aztec calendar ⓘ
Maya calendar ⓘ
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar ⓘ
stillUsedBy some contemporary Maya communities ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse Classic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
Preclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
usedByCulture Aztec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture

Maya civilization ⓘ
Mixtec civilization ⓘ
Zapotec civilization ⓘ
other pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures ⓘ
usedFor astrological interpretation ⓘ
ceremonial purposes ⓘ
divination ⓘ
naming of days ⓘ
ritual scheduling ⓘ
usedIn Aztec divinatory practices ⓘ
Maya divinatory practices ⓘ

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