12.19.12.8.16
what do these number's mean.... and how do they work???...
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12 . 19 . 19 . 17 . 19
baktun . katun . tun . vinal . kin
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...it's kind of like the odometer on a car with 5 segments...
...except wheras a car's segments count 0-9...
...the long count places roll over at 20, 18, and 13 instead of at 10. Below is listed how each place is counted.
(remember, place 1 is to the right, and place 5 is to far-left number)
place 1 ~ (kin) ~ 0-19 ~ 1 unit = 1 day
place 2 ~ (vinal) ~ 0-17 ~ 1 unit = 20 days (20 kin)
place 3 ~ (tun) ~ 0-19 ~ 1 unit = 360 days (18 vinal)
place 4 ~ (katun) ~ 0-19 ~ 1 unit = 7,200 days (20 tun)
place 5 ~ (baktun) ~ 0-12 ~ 1 unit = 144,000 days (20 katun)
13.0.0.0.0 = 1,872,000 days = 1 "Great Cycle" = 1/5th Precession of the Equinoxes = 5,125 years, 13 weeks, 2 days
0.0.0.0.0 = 13.20.20.18.20 = 13.0.0.0.0
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