B'en / Aj

Day-sign 13 of 20 in the Tzolk'in

B'en (Yukatek) or Aj (K'iche') is day-sign 13 of the 260-day Tzolk'in. Each day pairs one of 20 day-signs with a number from 1 to 13.

Position13 of 20
Yukatek nameB'en
K'iche' nameAj
FollowsEb' / E
PrecedesIx / I'x

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/ben.