[Aztlan] 7 ahau, 5 chen

[Sid Hollander]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Janice Van Cleve <janicevc at seanet.com>
wrote:

>
> Can somebody verify a date for me?  I do not have a calendar calculator.
> The date is 7 ahau, 5 chen and I'm thinking it should be about 450 CE.
> Thank you.
>
> Janice Van Cleve, MA
> Author of "Eighteen Rabbit: The Intimate Life and Tragic Death of a Maya
> God-King."  available through Xlibris.com or Amazon.com.  2006
>


This will be a extremely difficult date to verify unless it was miswritten
by a scribe etc.  I believe that Ahau can only fall on the 3,8,13 and 18 of
a Haab month. The rationale is easy (if my understanding is correct)..We
know that 4 Ahau fell on 8 Kumku of 13.0.0.0.0 and because comes back every
20 days it must fall on 8 of every 20 day month in that Haab cycle.
Because  Wayeb has only 5 days Ahau will advance to position 13 in the next
Haab cycle, then 18 in the next Haab cycle and then 3 in the next Haab cycle
and pnc;e again return for a round of 8s.  This leaves no room for a "7
ahau, 5 chen"
-- 
Sid Hollander
Merida, Yucatan