Mayan Calendar Codex Layout

Actual Mayan Calendar

"Codex Madrid"

Day #1 starts at the blue X.

This is the Mayan Calendar diagram in the ancient Madrid Codex paper book kept in Madrid, Spain.

The inner circle of 20 day-signs positioned around the four sides of the middle area has 4 sets of 5 day-signs, grouped by color, and arraigned in the order by when their 13-day week appears (week-day 1 for that day-sign).

The day-signs are always drawn with the color green, with no fill color.

For each 13-day week, week-days 1 and 13 are always drawn, the other week-days are dots. This indicating where the "Zero Point" time warps are.

The "zero point" is the timeless "time-shift" moment between each 13-day week, between all week-days 13 and 1.

The candle flame, near the top row of dots, points at Daykeepers Day #151, 8 MONKEY chuwen, a public celebration with initiations and the graduation day for new calendar teachers, the "day keepers" of the Mayan Calendar. Ceremonies begin the night before, on 7 DOG ok, that last all night in preparation..

The middle week-day 7 of the 13-day weeks on each side, are: 7 SUN ajaw (bottom), 7 SERPENT chikchan (right side), 7 DOG ok (top) and 7 EAGLE men (left side).

No"public" ceremonies occur at the top of the temples during those four 13-day weeks.

Notice the footprints in the corner rows, signifying when to climb up & down the Maya temples for ceremonies at the top.

The 16 day-signs located near the middle inner area, indicate when major public ceremonies occur at the top of the temples.