[Aztlan] 819day Calendar

Sid Hollander sid.hollander at gmail.com
Thu Jun 19 09:28:16 CDT 2008


re. Has anyone any idea where I could such a calendar?

I was under the impression (I guess that means I am not sure) that they were
not calendars (in the sense of day to day counts) but were merely 'stations'
and their associated colors and directions.  I'd be interested in knowing
where you got the information:

 " The 819day Calendar was based upon the numbers 7, 9 and 13"

or is that statement drawn from the prime factorization of 819?   I believe
that only 6 or 7 of these stations have been recorded and that the "first"
(well at least the earliest) one was 3 days before the base date of
13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahaw 8 Cumku or *1 Kaban 5 Kumk'u*. the custom (not the Mayas)
is to number them from this point so that *1 Kaban 5 Kumk'u* is referred as
*819 Station 1* and is associated with the color red and direction East.  I
have heard (but don't know why..help somebody) that the days between
stations  maintain the same color/direction as the prior 819 station.  I.e.
all the days from  3 days before 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahaw 8 Cumku ie.
12.19.19.17.17  1Kaban 5 Kumk'u through LC, 2.4.15 13 Men 8 Sotz would be
Red/East and then change on the next day which would be 819 Station 2 or
2.4.14 1 Ahaw 9 Zotz white/North .  It is clear that the Tzolkin coefficient
associated with each 819 day station is 1 since the 'first' one is and they
are separated by mult1ples of 13 (819 = 13 x 63). Likewise because station 2
is associated with God 6 so will all other stations since 819 is a multiple
of 9 (819= 9 x 91) Egads! 9 layers and 91 steps on 4 directions/faces of the
Castillo.

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Sid Hollander
Merida, Yucatan


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