Kawak / Kawoq

Day-sign 19 of 20 in the Tzolk'in

Kawak (Yukatek) or Kawoq (K'iche') is day-sign 19 of the 260-day Tzolk'in. Each day pairs one of 20 day-signs with a number from 1 to 13.

Position19 of 20
Yukatek nameKawak
K'iche' nameKawoq
FollowsEtz'nab' / Tijax
PrecedesAjaw / Ajpu

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/kawak.