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Maya Calendar Root and Numerical Progression Now I am going to also propose that there is only one way to create such a system and ensure that it Saree ar has viability, and that is to Round Bown . . = _ : establish a core synthetic 26 [39 52 45 7h [?l Hit value; by that I mean a sin- 13 143 [3h 1h Va? 195 20k gle number that all the 274 2hb | 20 il2 other numbers are related 377 eal 4a3 Ale to. This cannot be an arbi- 481 494 | 07 sia trary selection. The unit Sas bd fl 24 || must be found as an inte- Bic 702 gral factor embedded in 74 Slt astronomical cycles, rela- tionships, ratios, and even in the degrees of relative motions of the Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars and Earth. Only one number will work. lam convinced that the Bas B71 Bed | 897 OTK | 159 Maya discovered that num- eo 03 ber and it was 13. Why 1795 | leo was the number 13 chosen [BOR , i as the root? It is very clear from the aoa —*| 01S archaeological evidence that the Mayan (Mesoamerican) civilisa- tion(s) gave central impor- tance to the number 13. They placed 13 heavens above the Earth and had 13 gods carrying the num- bered days of the sacred calendar (Tzolkin) that was made up of 13 months, Table |. Base-13 (Hart) Series which also had 20 named by Will Hart © 2004 days. There can be no doubt that the number 13 interlocking synthesis with our sacred (astrological) calendar of was the centrepiece of their cosmological and calendar systems. 260 days. The latter, I shall assert, is also a synthesis of various However, this still raises the question of why? The query must astronomical as well as physiological cycles. be raised to a scientific level. To begin to answer this question How is it possible to achieve this level of integration and an examination of the astronomical cycles of the Sun, Moon and maintain a close approximate relationship to the actual numbers, | Venus must be undertaken. These were the prime celestial bodies given the fact that we do not have decimals or fractions? Even if that the Maya were concerned with though they also tabulated the we did use our current values, fractions make any system unwieldy —_°Y¢les of Mercury and Mars. and extremely complicated in terms of creating a practical civil calendar. THE SUN . . . ye Though it is often stated that the Sun's rotation period is from 25-27 days, in fact that is an average that includes many arbitrary variables. The Sun's rotation period varies with latitude on the Sun since it is composed of gases. Equatorial regions rotate faster than polar regions. The equatorial regions (latitude = 0 degrees) Odd Even | Odd The answer is both simple and yet astonishingly sophisticated. A way is found to use additive mathematics to generate a whole number series that contains sums, which are either amazingly accurate representations, or close approximations, of the cycles to be embodied in our composite calendar. rotate in about 25.6 days. The regions at 60 degrees latitude I proceed by proposing that the (Mayan) calendar system was a rotate in about 30.9 days; the polar regions rotate in about 36 synthetic construction, a composite that represented a series of days. practical trade-offs. Yet it is shown by the first four numbers of From this it can be seen that the number depends upon where the top row that each column contains a significant number, i.e., the measurement is being taken. Twenty-six days would describe 13 is the figure of numbered days in the sacred calendar and also _ latitude fairly close to the equator and in fact it is even the num- the number of weeks in each season of a 52-week (Gregorian) _ ber of days at the equatorial latitude rounded off. I think that the year. It is also the number of months in the sacred and lunar Maya were well aware of sunspots (based upon evidence present- calendars. ed in additional papers) and this is how they counted the number THE SUN Though it is often stated that the Sun's rotation period is from 25-27 days, in fact that is an average that includes many arbitrary variables. The Sun's rotation period varies with latitude on the Sun since it is composed of gases. Equatorial regions rotate faster than polar regions. The equatorial regions (latitude = 0 degrees) rotate in about 25.6 days. The regions at 60 degrees latitude rotate in about 30.9 days; the polar regions rotate in about 36 days. From this it can be seen that the number depends upon where the measurement is being taken. Twenty-six days would describe a latitude fairly close to the equator and in fact it is even the num- ber of days at the equatorial latitude rounded off. I think that the Maya were well aware of sunspots (based upon evidence present- ed in additional papers) and this is how they counted the number 52 = NEXUS JUNE — JULY 2005 www.nexusmagazine.com