The Mayan Long Count Calendar

                          

The Mayan long count calendar unlike our calendar which last from january 1st to december 31st
and has 12 months or 365 days. The Mayan long count calendar consist of 13 baktuns which is comprised of 144000 days or 394.25 tropical years 13 baktuns the eqvalent of 5125 years, it began august 11th 3144 BC and will end december 21st 2012.

So where does the notion that the world will end at the end of the Mayan calendar cycle?

Fact or Fiction Truth or Myth

~ by 2012clock on February 19, 2010.