Kib' / Ajmaq

Day-sign 16 of 20 in the Tzolk'in

Kib' (Yukatek) or Ajmaq (K'iche') is day-sign 16 of the 260-day Tzolk'in. Each day pairs one of 20 day-signs with a number from 1 to 13.

Position16 of 20
Yukatek nameKib'
K'iche' nameAjmaq
FollowsMen / Tz'ikin
PrecedesKab'an / No'j

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/kib.