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! Cempohualilhuitl <ref>The given dates correspond to the 2014-2015 Gregorian year.  These dates will be the same for all years when the spring equinox occurs on Mach 20th. </ref> !! Date Range !! Glyph !! English Translation !! Teotl <ref>Unless otherwise stated, the Teteo are taken from: Sahagun, Bernardino.  Florentine Codex, Book 2.  Pages 1-35.</ref>
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! Cempohualilhuitl !! Date Range  <ref>The given dates correspond to the 2014-2015 Gregorian year.  These dates will be the same for all years when the spring equinox occurs on Mach 20th. </ref> !! Glyph !! English Translation !! Teotl <ref>Unless otherwise stated, the Teteo are taken from: Sahagun, Bernardino.  Florentine Codex, Book 2.  Pages 1-35.</ref>
 
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| Tlacaxipehualiztli || 3/21-4/9 || Example || Example || Xipe Totec
 
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Revision as of 22:08, 5 July 2014

The Cempoalilhuitl literally means "20 days". This period of 20 days is also referred to as metztli and veintena in various sources. For each 20 day period, a feast dedicated to the designated Teotl took place on the first day. [1] In addition, there were various ceremonies that took place within each month.

Relation to the Xiuhpohualli

The cempoalilhuitl is considered to be "fixed" because since it is tied exactly to the xiuhpohualli, it can be used for commemorative dates such as La Noche Triste which takes place on 11-Tecuilhuitontli and 11-Tecuilhuitontli in subsequent years will always fall in the same location in the solar year although the tonalli will be different. Therefore it is the cempoalilhuitl that is used to identify a particular time during the solar year rather than the trecena or tonalli.

Meaning and associated dates and Teteo

Cempohualilhuitl Date Range [2] Glyph English Translation Teotl [3]
Tlacaxipehualiztli 3/21-4/9 Example Example Xipe Totec
Tozoztontli 4/10-4/29 Example Example Tlaloc
Huey Tozoztli 4/30-5/19 Example Example Cinteotl
Toxcatl 5/20-6/8 Example Example Titlacauan and Tezcatlipoca
Etzalcualiztli 6/9-6/28 Example Example Tlaloque
Tecuilhuitontli 6/29-7/18 Example Example Huixtocihuatl
Huey Tecuilhuitl 7/19-8/7 Example Example Xilonen
Miccailhuitontli 8/8-8/27 Example Example Huitzilopochtli
Huey Miccailhuitontli 8/28-9/16 Example Example Xiuhtecuhtli or Ixcocauhqui
Ochpaniztli 9/17-10/6 Example Example Teteo Innan or Toci
Teotleco 10/7-10/26 Example Example Nochi Teteo
Tepeilhuitl 10/27-11/15 Example Example Tepetl Popocatepetl, Tepetl Itztaccihuatl, Tepetl Tlaloc, and Tepetl Matlalcueye [4]
Quecholli 11/16-12/5 Example Example Mixcoatl
Panquetzaliztli 12/6-12/25 Example Example Huitzilopochtli
Atemoztli 12/26-1/14 Example Example Tlaloque
Tititl 1/15-2/3 Example Example Ilamatecuhtli, Tonan, and Cozcamiauh
Izcalli 2/4-2/23 Example Example Xiuhtecuhtli or Ixcocauhqui
Atlcahualo 2/24-3/15 Example Example Tlaloque or Quetzalcoatl or Chalchiutlicue
Nemontemi 3/16-3/20 Example Example None
  1. Sahagun, Bernardino. Florentine Codex, Book 2. Pages 1-35.
  2. The given dates correspond to the 2014-2015 Gregorian year. These dates will be the same for all years when the spring equinox occurs on Mach 20th.
  3. Unless otherwise stated, the Teteo are taken from: Sahagun, Bernardino. Florentine Codex, Book 2. Pages 1-35.
  4. Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel. Handbook to Life in the Aztec World. Page 328