baktun
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- noun
- /bɑːkˈtuːn/
- Specialized
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baktun
- According to the Maya calendars, we are currently living in the time of the 13 baktun.
- 13 baktun
But that was not to say that the natural Baktun cycle should be thirteen.
- But that was not to say that the natural Baktun cycle should be thirteen.
Examples
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The king began his reign just as the baktun, a 394-year cycle, was drawing to a close.
Academic text (2004) -
According to historians, the 13th baktun began on Aug. 11, 3114 BC, and ends Dec. 21, 2012, and a new era begins the following day.
Blog text (20) -
According to the ancient Maya calendar, Dec. 21, 2012, will mark the end of a grand cycle of 13 144,000-day "baktuns," lasting 5,126 years.
Blog text (20) -
When the Maya odometer turns over, after 13 baktuns (5,125.37 years), the world begins anew.
Academic text (2009) -
With the fortuitous discovery of the missing piece of Stela C in 1969, the long debate over the inscription's age was finally resolved: the baktun value was indeed a seven (Coe 1977).
Academic text (1992) -
The king began his reign just as the baktun, a 394-year cycle, was drawing to a close.
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Each baktun has 144,000 days in the ancient Mayan calendar system.
How Long
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Etymology
The word baktun comes from the ancient Maya calendar and breaks into bak meaning '20' and tun meaning 'a year of about 360 days'. So a baktun is 'twenty times' a tun, which is why a baktun lasts about 394 years.