Define Mayan Calendar. Mayan calendar, dating system of the ancient mayan civilization and the basis for all other calendars used by mesoamerican civilizations. The intersection between the tzolk’in and haab’ cycles determined the opportune moments for religious.
Describes the tzolkin and tzolkin calendar, explaining the mayan calendar cycles and the various types of mayan calendar including the haab, the tzolkin and the mayan long count. What we call the mayan calendar is actually a set of three interlocking calendars, the sacred calendar of 260 days called the tzolkin, the solar calendar of 365 days known as the haab,.