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HAAB CALENDAR

The Haab (Xiuhpohualli to the Aztecs) is a 365-day solar calendar, consisting of eighteen 20-day months, plus one short month of five days. As with the Long Count, the days are numbered 0-19. Day zero indicates when the god ruling that month took over, and is called the "seating" of the month. The final five-day month was con- sidered unlucky; activities were proscribed during that time, and there was a feeling that if the world were to end, it would happen during those five days, probably at the end of a 52-year cycle.

This is the easiest Mayan calendar for Western minds to understand. We have January 1, January 2, and January 3 while the Haab starts with 0-Pop, 1-Pop, and 2-Pop.

Since the 2012 event did not occur during the short month, nor at the end of a 52-year cycle, it did not, as we now know, signal the end of the world.

See also List of Haab Months and Start Dates