278 MAYAN CALENDAR SYSTEMS [eih. ann. 22 



Thtjix of tltc CaLrhiijiicl and Maya Cdlemhtrs 



Cakohiquel Maya Cakchiquel Maya 



days days days days 



1 Imos Iniix 11 Batz Chuen 



2 iKorYg Ik 13 Ee Eb 

 S Akbal Akbcal 13 Ah Ben 



4 Kat Kan 14 Yiz Ix 



5 Can Chicchan 15 Tziquin Men 

 Cy t'aniey Cinii 10 Ahmak Cih 



7 Qneh Manik 17 Noh C'aban 



8 Kanel Lamat IK Tihax Ezanab 



9 Toh Mnluc 10 Caok Cauac 



10 Tzii Oc 20 Hunalipn Ahau 



As the author of the Anuals ends the j-ear with the day Ah, it 

 must liavc begun with Yiz, if there was no arbitrary change in tlie 

 succession of days. The foHowing condensed calendar is therefore 

 constructed on tliis basis as a means of counting tiinc: 



(_'iil-vliiijiicl Calendar 



1 Yiz - 1 S 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 13 6 13 7 



2 Tziquin 3 9 3 10 4 11 r, 13 C 13 7 1 8 



3 Ahmak 3 10 4 11 5 13 G 13 7 1 8 2 9 



4Noh 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 



5 Tihax.. 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 



6 Caok 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 o 13 



7Hunahpu 7 18 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 13 



8Imox 8 3 9 3 10 4 11 5 13 13 7 1 



9Ik ---- 9 3 10 4 11 13 G 13 7 1 8 2 



lOAkbal 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 



11 Kat 11 .") 13 6 13 7 1 8 3 9 3 10 4 



13 Can :.... 12 G 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 



13 Carney 13 7 18 2 9 3 10 4 11 o 12 6 



14Queh 18 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 7 



ISKanel 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 12 G 13 7 1 8 



IGToh :... 3 10 4 11 13 « 13 7 1 8 3 9 



17 Tzii 4 11 5 13 G 13 7 1 8 3 9 3 10 



18 Batz 5 13 G 13 7 1 8 2 9 3 10 4 11 



19 Ee...... - G 13 7 1 8.2 9 3 10 4 11 5 13 



20 Ah.. 7 18 3 9 3 10 4 11 .) 13 G 13 



111 using tliis to count forward, we count on to the end of tlie right- 

 hand column and then go back to the left-hand column. To count 

 backward, the direction is reversed. 



It will be observed from the quotations given that the years all end 

 with the day Ah, that the numbering of the days is by 1 to 1:5 as usual, 

 and that the terminal Ahs of the years succeed one another in the 

 following order: 11 Ah, 8 Ah, .") ^Vh, etc., giving the descending series 

 11, 8, 5, 2, 12, 9, (J, 3, 13, 10, 7, 4, 1, 11, 8, etc., the number of any 

 given year being 3 less than tliat of the one wliich preceded. 



It is apparent, therefore, that the year could not have consisted of 



