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Xiuhpohualli
The Xiuhpohualli (from xihuitl + pōhualli) is a 365-day calendar used by the Aztecs and other pre-Columbian Nahua peoples in central Mexico. It is composed of eighteen 20-day “months,” called veintenas, cempoalilhuitl (Nahuatl for 20 days)1), or mētztli (the contemporary Nahuatl word for month), with a separate 5-day period at the end of the year called the nemontemi.
The Teochan community follows the Ruben Ochoa count of days.2) Dates listed will correlate accordingly.
| Number | Name | Gregorian Date | Teotl |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Nemontemi “They Fill the Void” | 3/16-3/20 | None. Intercalary period |
| 1 | Tlacaxipehualiztli “The Flaying of People” | 3/21-4/9 | Xipe Totec |
| 2 | Tozoztontli “The Perforation” | 4/10-4/29 | Centeotl, Tlaloc, Chicomecoatl and Coatlicue |
| 3 | Huey Tozoztli “The Great Perforation” | 4/30-5/19 | Tlaloc and Toci |
| 4 | Toxcatl “Dryness” | 5/20-6/8 | Tezcatlipoca |
| 5 | Etzalcualiztli “The Eating of Corn and Beans” | 6/9-6/28 | Tlaloc and Chalchiuhtlicue |
| 6 | Tecuilhuitontli “Small Feast of the Rulers” | 6/29-7/18 | Xochipilli and Huixtocihuatl |
| 7 | Huey Tecuilhuitl “Great Feast of the Rulers” | 7/19-8/7 | Xilonen |
| 8 | Miccailhuitontli “Feast of the Dead”, Tlaxochimaco “The Gathering of Flowers” | 8/8-8/27 | Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli |
| 9 | Huey Miccailhuitontli “Great Feast of the Dead”, Xocotl Huetzi “The Falling of Fruit” | 8/28-9/16 | Xiuhtecuhtli |
| 10 | Ochpaniztli “Sweeping” | 9/17-10/6 | Toci, Tlazolteotl and earthly Teteoh |
| 11 | Teotleco “The Return of the Teteoh” | 10/7-10/26 | All Teteoh |
| 12 | Tepeilhuitl “Feast of the Mountains” | 10/27-11/15 | Tlaloc and mountain Teteoh |
| 13 | Quecholli “Roseate Spoonbill” | 11/16-12/5 | Mixcoatl |
| 14 | Panquetzaliztli “Raising of the Flags” | 12/6-12/25 | Huitzilopochtli |
| 15 | Atemoztli “The Descent of Water” | 12/26-1/14 | Tlaloque |
| 16 | Tititl “The Stretching” | 1/15-2/3 | Ilamatecuhtli, Yacatecuhtli and motherly Teteoh |
| 17 | Izcalli “Rebirth” | 2/4-2/23 | Xiuhtecuhtli |
| 18 | Atlcahualo “The Water has Departed” | 2/24-3/15 | Tlaloc, Tlaloque, Chalchiutlicue and Quetzalcoatl |
* Information synthesized from 3 sources, supplemented by individual months' wikipedia pages as needed 3) 4) 5)