THE UNIVERSAL COMPENDIUM

The Days of the Maya Calendar

A year in the Maya calendar was divided into eighteen months (uinal), with each month consisting of twenty days (kin). When a month ended after the twentieth day, the sequence would start again from the beginning.

Day	Maya Name	Meaning	Symbols/ Attributes	Augur/ Prediction	Inscription Glyph^[1]	Codice Glyph^[1]	Aztec Name	Meaning
1	Imix	land dragon	plumeria flower, comet	libidinous, indecisive			Cipactli	crocodile
2	Ik	air, life	plumeria flower	lascivious, evil			Ehecatl	wind
3	Akbal	night, darkness	musk deer	wretched, plebeian, hunter			Cali	house
4	Kan	maize, ripe	red ceiba tree, blackbird, beautiful songbirds	wise			Cuetzpallin	lizard
5	Chicchan	snake	habin tree	irate, criminal			Coatl	snake
6	Cimi	death, owl		criminal			Miquiztli	death
7	Manik	grasp, deer	cocoa, parrot, quetzal, blood	evil			Mazatl	deer
8	Lamat	Venus	deformed dog	drunk, gossip			Tochtli	rabbit
9	Muluc	water, rain	shark, jaguar, devouring of offspring and wives	rich hypocrite			Atl	water
10	Oc	dog	parrot	adulterer, troublemaker			Izcuintli	dog
11	Chuen	monkey		intelligent, weaver, carpenter, rich			Ozomatli	monkey
12	Eb	tooth, jaw	thrush	rich, generous, good			Malinalli	grass
13	Ben	reed		plebeian			Acatl	rush
14	Ix	jaguar, magician	blood	bloodthirsty, murderer			Ocelotl	jaguar
15	Men	eagle	joy	master of actions and words			Cuauhtli	eagle
16	Cib	vulture, ancestor	deer-god	thief, murderer, hunter			Cozcacuauhtli	vulture
17	Caban	strength, earth	woodpecker	dealer, healer, wise, good			Ollin	movement, earthquake
18	Eznab	sharpened flint stone	momot, health	healer, bloodletter, courageous, good			Tecpatl	sharpened flint stone
19	Cauac	storm, rain	quetzal, cargador del año^[2] announcing illnesses	imaginative, noble			Quiahuitl	rain
20	Ahau	lord	rapacious eagle, devouring of children	rich, wise, courageous, good			Xochitl	flower

Notes 1. Some glyphs have several variations. 2. Year Bearer Sources El libro de los libros de Chilam Balam. Trans. A. Barrera Vásquez and Silvia Rendón. Mexico D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Ecónomica, 1984. La Farge, O. The Year Bearer's people. New Orleans: The Tulane University of Louisiana, 1931. Morley, S. G. An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. Scofield, B. and B. C. Orr. Cómo practicar la astrología maya: El calendario Tzolkin y su sendero en la vida. Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2009. (Translation by M Gaxiola)