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the mayan long count calender ends on the 13th baktun, why would scholars make up a 14th? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.172.143.51 ( talk) 20:10, 30 August 2010 (UTC) \
14th baktun is incorrect the Mayans have a circular calendar, like astrological calendar or a year calendar. Adding a 14th baktun is like adding a mouth in-between December and January. It is like adding a astrological sign in-between Pisces and Aries. It just goes back to 0.0.0.0.0 for one you can look at the shape of the calendar circle it's not a pin up that you throw away at the end of the year. It is a mostly Jewish – Christen - Islamic concept to think of time as a line. when you have ancient societies look at the sky as a method for explaining the functioning of the universe and they start to see orbit time seems circular. Please Remove 14th baktun. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
24.234.46.218 (
talk)
21:28, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
The 13th baktun will be completed (13.0.0.0.0 in Long Count notation) on December 21, 2012, which also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun?
Is that quite right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.100.130.17 ( talk • contribs).
the main text is wrong, tropical years are 365.2424 days, Mayan 365.2422 days, NOT 360 days so how can 400 tun equal 400 tropical years 6 years early!
The 13th baktun will be completed (13.0.0.0.0 in Long Count notation) on December 21, 2012, which also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun?
This is false. completes 13x400, doesnt start it. 5200 tun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.144.120.119 ( talk • contribs) 16 October 2009
should this article has an IPA for the word so people can correctly pronounce? -- 223.207.130.173 ( talk) 06:49, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Look, I'm no expert on this, but I think it's properly spelled b'ak'tun. We should rename it to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.130.137 ( talk) 19:03, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
That is the proper spelling. SpecialHelper234 ( talk) 17:27, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
The article as it is now:
A baktun (properly b'ak'tun) is 20 katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The Classic period of Maya civilization occurred during the 8th and 9th baktuns of the current calendrical cycle. The current (13th, numbered with a 12, as the first was '0') baktun will end, or be completed, on 13.0.0.0.0 (December 21, 2012 using the GMT correlation), after 12.19.19.17.19. This also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun. There is disagreement on whether such a baktun was meant to exist at all, as the last 14th baktun never occurred due to the civilisation being wiped out.
The classic period occurred during baktuns 8 and 9 - the 9th and 10th baktuns. The first parenthetic expression is awkward and over-written. "end or be completed" could just be completed. After 12.19.19.17.19 could be eliminated. 12/21/2012 marks the beginning of the 14th baktun (0-13 = 14). The last paragraph is complete nonsense. No reliable source can be cited for this. This article is redundant since this is described in the Long Count article. It should be marked for speedy deletion. Senor Cuete ( talk) 17:01, 13 October 2012 (UTC)Senor Cuete
Some ideas for some IPA that could be added:
/bækˌtʌn/
/bˌækˌtʌn/
/bæk.tʌn/
My IPA isn't good but you could try these anyway.
Should it be removed? Blackdiamand ( talk) 17:02, 24 May 2017 (UTC)
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the mayan long count calender ends on the 13th baktun, why would scholars make up a 14th? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.172.143.51 ( talk) 20:10, 30 August 2010 (UTC) \
14th baktun is incorrect the Mayans have a circular calendar, like astrological calendar or a year calendar. Adding a 14th baktun is like adding a mouth in-between December and January. It is like adding a astrological sign in-between Pisces and Aries. It just goes back to 0.0.0.0.0 for one you can look at the shape of the calendar circle it's not a pin up that you throw away at the end of the year. It is a mostly Jewish – Christen - Islamic concept to think of time as a line. when you have ancient societies look at the sky as a method for explaining the functioning of the universe and they start to see orbit time seems circular. Please Remove 14th baktun. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
24.234.46.218 (
talk)
21:28, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
The 13th baktun will be completed (13.0.0.0.0 in Long Count notation) on December 21, 2012, which also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun?
Is that quite right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.100.130.17 ( talk • contribs).
the main text is wrong, tropical years are 365.2424 days, Mayan 365.2422 days, NOT 360 days so how can 400 tun equal 400 tropical years 6 years early!
The 13th baktun will be completed (13.0.0.0.0 in Long Count notation) on December 21, 2012, which also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun?
This is false. completes 13x400, doesnt start it. 5200 tun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.144.120.119 ( talk • contribs) 16 October 2009
should this article has an IPA for the word so people can correctly pronounce? -- 223.207.130.173 ( talk) 06:49, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Look, I'm no expert on this, but I think it's properly spelled b'ak'tun. We should rename it to that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.130.137 ( talk) 19:03, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
That is the proper spelling. SpecialHelper234 ( talk) 17:27, 6 February 2016 (UTC)
The article as it is now:
A baktun (properly b'ak'tun) is 20 katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The Classic period of Maya civilization occurred during the 8th and 9th baktuns of the current calendrical cycle. The current (13th, numbered with a 12, as the first was '0') baktun will end, or be completed, on 13.0.0.0.0 (December 21, 2012 using the GMT correlation), after 12.19.19.17.19. This also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun. There is disagreement on whether such a baktun was meant to exist at all, as the last 14th baktun never occurred due to the civilisation being wiped out.
The classic period occurred during baktuns 8 and 9 - the 9th and 10th baktuns. The first parenthetic expression is awkward and over-written. "end or be completed" could just be completed. After 12.19.19.17.19 could be eliminated. 12/21/2012 marks the beginning of the 14th baktun (0-13 = 14). The last paragraph is complete nonsense. No reliable source can be cited for this. This article is redundant since this is described in the Long Count article. It should be marked for speedy deletion. Senor Cuete ( talk) 17:01, 13 October 2012 (UTC)Senor Cuete
Some ideas for some IPA that could be added:
/bækˌtʌn/
/bˌækˌtʌn/
/bæk.tʌn/
My IPA isn't good but you could try these anyway.
Should it be removed? Blackdiamand ( talk) 17:02, 24 May 2017 (UTC)