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Tonalpohualli

The Tōnalpōhualli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [toːnaɬpoːˈwalːi]), meaning “count of days” in Nahuatl, is a Mexica version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. This calendar is solar and consists of 20 13-day periods called trecenas. Each trecena is ruled by a different deity. Different graphic representations for the twenty day names have existed among certain ethnic, linguistic, or archaeologically identified peoples.

Day Signs

Number Trecena Glyph Teotl Direction
1 1 Cipactli v Tonacatecuhtli East
2 1 Ehecatl v Quetzalcoatl North
3 1 Calli v Tepeyollotl West
4 1 Cuetzpalin v Huehuecoyotl South
5 1 Coatl v Chalchiuhtlicue East
6 1 Miquiztli v Tecciztecatl North
7 1 Mazatl v Tlaloc West
8 1 Tochtli v Mayahuel South
9 1 Atl v Xiuhtecuhtli East
10 1 Itzcuintli v Mictlantecuhtli North
11 1 Ozomahtli v Xochipilli West
12 1 Malinalli v Patecatl South
13 1 Acatl v Tezcatlipoca East
14 1 Ocelotl v Tlazolteotl North
15 1 Cuauhtli v Xipe Totec West
16 1 Cozcacuauhtli v Itzpapalotl South
17 1 Ollin v Xolotl East
18 1 Tecpatl v Chalchiuhtotolin North
19 1 Quiyahuitl v Tonatiuh West
20 1 Xochitl v Xochiquetzal South