As far as I can tell we are presently in the 'Galactic cycle' which is on the 8th level of a 9th level pyramid. This cycle runs from January 5, 1999 through February 10, 2011.
The Mayan calendar does not follow the same system as the Gregorian calendar we use today. The Long Count calendar, which is often associated with the Mayans, tracks time in cycles of approximately 5,125 years. The calendar started on August 11, 3114 BCE, so the current cycle would be in the year 2021.
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The Mayan Tzolkin calendar has 260 days, and the Haab has 360 days. The Tzolkin calendar was used for daily life, but the Haab was used for religious holidays and such.
The calendar, know as the Aztec Calendar or the Mayan Calendar.
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The two names of the Mayan calendar are the Tzolk'in, which is a 260-day ritual calendar, and the Haab', which is a 365-day secular calendar.
No, the Mayan calendar is not off by 150 years. There was confusion about the end date of the Mayan Long Count calendar in 2012, but it was a misinterpretation, and the calendar is considered accurate for the time period it was created for.
The Maya did not base their calendar on the birth of Christ. The Maya based their calendar on the phases of the moon and venus and the position of the sun. The year 2012 is simply our equivalent to the same time on the Mayan calendar.
The Aztec calendar had both a practical purpose. This purpose was to keep track of the days of the year. Like the Mayan calendar, the calendar could be used more than one year in a row.
The term used to represent 1 month on the Mayan Calendar is a "winal."
The Mayan calendar ends on the year 2012. Although the calendar does not say the world will ind in 2012 many people believe the calendar ends that year because the Mayans predicted the world would end that year.
A b'ak'tun is a period of 144,000 days in the Mayan calendar.