Xiuhpohualli

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Xiuhpohualli is the 365-day solar calendar of the Aztecs, used to organize agricultural cycles, religious festivals, and daily life.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Xiuhpohualli canonical 3
Xiuhpohualli (solar year) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec calendar ⓘ
calendar ⓘ
solar calendar ⓘ
associatedWith agricultural cycles ⓘ
daily life organization ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
calendarBasis solar cycle ⓘ
calendarSystem Mesoamerican calendar system ⓘ
calendarType solar year count ⓘ
classification pre-Columbian calendar ⓘ
combinedWith Tonalpohualli ⓘ
contrastedWith Tonalpohualli ⓘ
culture Aztec civilization ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture
cycleLengthWithTonalpohualli 52 years ⓘ
documentedIn Aztec codices ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
forms 52-year calendar round ⓘ
governingAuthority Aztec priesthood ⓘ
hasComponent 18 months ⓘ
5 extra days ⓘ
hasPart nemontemi ⓘ
historicalContext Aztec Empire ⓘ
influencedBy earlier Mesoamerican solar calendars ⓘ
meaningInNahuatl year count ⓘ
monthLength 20 days ⓘ
nemontemiLength 5 days ⓘ
nemontemiMeaning unlucky days ⓘ
numberOfDays 365 ⓘ
region Central Mexico ⓘ
relatedConcept Aztec agriculture ⓘ
Aztec cosmology ⓘ
Aztec religion ⓘ
linked to: Aztec mythology
religiousRole determining festival dates ⓘ
socialRole organizing tribute and labor ⓘ
timePeriod Postclassic Mesoamerica ⓘ
timeUnit day ⓘ
month ⓘ
year ⓘ
usedBy Aztecs ⓘ
linked to: Mexica
usedFor regulating agriculture ⓘ
scheduling ceremonies ⓘ
structuring civic life ⓘ
usedIn ritual planning ⓘ
state administration ⓘ
usedUntil Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Aztec mythology → usesCalendar → Xiuhpohualli ⓘ
Sacred Round → formsCalendarRoundWith → Xiuhpohualli ⓘ
Xiuhtecuhtli → calendarAssociation → Xiuhpohualli (solar year) ⓘ
linked to: Xiuhpohualli