Lamat / Q'anil

Day-sign 8 of 20 in the Tzolk'in

Lamat (Yukatek) or Q'anil (K'iche') is day-sign 8 of the 260-day Tzolk'in. Each day pairs one of 20 day-signs with a number from 1 to 13.

Position8 of 20
Yukatek nameLamat
K'iche' nameQ'anil
FollowsManik' / Kej
PrecedesMuluk / Toj

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/lamat.