bʼakʼtun

Definitions

In the Maya calendar, a period of 144 000 days (20 k’atun periods): 394.25 solar years.

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“We would create⟳ the same problem that the Mayas did in omitting the b’ak’tun if we were to drop the number⟳ that indicates where a century falls in relation to a fixed point⟳ in our own⟳ calendar. For example, reference to the "nineties" could refer⟳ to the ninth decade of any century past or present⟳.”

“Because this "long count⟳" had a fixed beginning point⟳ and identified b'ak'tuns and each of their 20 k'atuns in numerical sequence, scholars can correlate long-count dates with the Gregorian and Julian calendars.”

““And if you started walking to the sun now, although you couldn't, but let's say⟳ you were flying as fast as you can walk⟳, you wouldn't get⟳ there for nine hundred times four hundred b'ak'tunob.””

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