K'an / K'at

Day-sign 4 of 20 in the Tzolk'in

K'an (Yukatek) or K'at (K'iche') is day-sign 4 of the 260-day Tzolk'in. Each day pairs one of 20 day-signs with a number from 1 to 13.

Position4 of 20
Yukatek nameK'an
K'iche' nameK'at
FollowsAk'b'al / Aq'ab'al
PrecedesChikchan / Kan

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/kan.