Kab'an / No'j

Day-sign 17 of 20 in the Tzolk'in

Kab'an (Yukatek) or No'j (K'iche') is day-sign 17 of the 260-day Tzolk'in. Each day pairs one of 20 day-signs with a number from 1 to 13.

Position17 of 20
Yukatek nameKab'an
K'iche' nameNo'j
FollowsKib' / Ajmaq
PrecedesEtz'nab' / Tijax

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/kaban.