THOMAS] THE MAYA YEAR 703 
Each month consisted of 20 days, each day having its particular 
name, as follows: Akbal, Kan, Chicchan, Cimi, Manik, Lamat, Mulue, 
Oc, Chuen, Eb, Ben, Ix, Men, Cib, Caban, Ezanab, Cauac, Ahau, Imix, 
Ik. The order or sequence here given was always maintained, though 
the month did not always begin with the same day, since, according 
to the peculiar arrangement of the calendar, as used in the Dresden 
codex and the inscriptions,’ it might begin with (and only with) Alhal, 
Lamat, Ben, and Ezanab, as is shown in table 1. If it began with Akbal 
the second day would be Kan, the others following in the order given; 
if with Lamat, then Mulue would be the second, and so on; if with 
Ben, Ix would be the second, Men the third, and so on to Eb, the last; 
if with Ezanab, Cauac, Ahau, etc., would follow, always in the order 
given. The first day of the year would therefore necessarily be the 
first day of the months during that year. As the year was divided 
into eighteen months of twenty days each (always named and arranged 
in the following order: 
1 Pop 7 Yaxkin 13 Mae 
2 Uo 8 Mol . 14 Kankin 
3 Zip 9 Chen 15 Muan 
4 Tzoz (or Zotz) 10 Yax 16 Pax 
5 Tzec 11 Zae 17 Kayab 
6 Xul 12 Ceh 18 Cumhu), 
making 360 days, and five days to make the 365 were added at th 
end of the 18th month (Cumhu), the names following in proper orde1 
it follows as a necessary result that the count in the day series would 
be thrown forward five days each year. If the year (or month) began 
with Akbal, the last day of the 18th month would be Ik; counting five 
days—Akbal, Kan, Chicchan, Cimi, and Manik—would bring us to 
Lamat, the first day of the next year. 
The numbering of the days was peculiar; it did not correspond with 
the days of the month as we count them, but was limited to 13, fol- 
lowed by 1, 2, etc, up to 13, this order proceeding without variation, 
thus: 

1 Akbal 6 Lamat 11 Ben 3 Ezanab 
2 Kan 7 Mulue ex: 4+ Cauac 
3 Chiechan 8 Oc 13 Men 5 Ahau 
4 Cimi 9 Chuen 1 Cib 6 Imix 
5 Manik 10 Eb 2 Caban 7 Ik 
If the list continued 8 Akbal, 9 Kan, 10 Chicchan, ete., would 
follow. Hence, it is readily seen that by continuing the series each 
day name would in the course of time have all the thirteen numerals 

1It is possible that the inscriptions of the Yucatan peninsula will be found to follow the system of 
the Troano and Cortesian codices and the codex used by Landa, should any inscribed dates be found. 
