Itseasiassa Maya kalenteri ei edes lopu tuohon 21.12.12, vaan silloin vaihtuu 13. baktun 14. baktuniksi. Baktun on 394,3 vuotta pitkä ajanjakso. ja noita baktuneita kalenterissa on 20, joten ei se kalenteri nyt ihan viellä ole loppumassa...
Tällä sivustolla sanotaan että Baktuneita on 1-13. En oikein tajua mistä se 14 tulee, vai missaanko nyt jotain oleellista?
The date is identified by counting the number of days from the creation date.
A typical long count date has the following format: Baktun.Katun.Tun.Uinal.Kin.
Kin = 1 Day.
Uinal = 20 kin = 20 days.
Tun = 18 uinal = 360 days.
Katun = 20 tun = 360 uinal = 7,200 days.
Baktun = 20 katun = 400 tun = 7,200 uinal = 144,000 days.
The kin, tun and katun are numbered from zero to 19; the uinal are numbered from zero to 17;
and the baktun are numbered from one to 13. The Long Count has a cycle of 13 baktuns, which will be completed 1.872.000 days (13 baktuns) after 0.0.0.0.0. This period equals 5125.36 years and is referred to as the Great Cycle of the Long Count.
End of the World?
Will the world will end on 21 December 2012, at 11:11 UTC?
The Mayan calendar completes its current Great Cycle of the Long Count on the 13th baktun, on 13.0.0.0.0. Using the most common conversion to our modern calendar (the Gregorian calendar) the end of the Great Cycle corresponds to 11:11 Universal Time (UTC), December 21, 2012, hence the myriad of doomsday prophecies surrounding this date.