Ak'b'al / Aq'ab'al

Day-sign 3 of 20 in the Tzolk'in

Ak'b'al (Yukatek) or Aq'ab'al (K'iche') is day-sign 3 of the 260-day Tzolk'in. Each day pairs one of 20 day-signs with a number from 1 to 13.

Position3 of 20
Yukatek nameAk'b'al
K'iche' nameAq'ab'al
FollowsIk' / Iq'
PrecedesK'an / K'at

A living count

Day-keepers (ajq'ij) in highland Guatemala still keep the Tzolk'in today. Astrolysis teaches it with the GMT correlation (584283), which most scholars and many day-keepers use.

Built from the Astrolysis facts table maya/day-signs/akbal.