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Today in the Mexica Tonalpohualli, also known as the Aztec Calendar

Tonalli*:

day

Trecena:

13-day period

Metztli:

20-day period

Xihuitl:

solar year
 
 
* If you were born between 12am and before sunrise (Central Time), use the previous Gregorian day because days in the Azteca/Mexica calendar start at sunrise. For pre-1979 dates, use this spreadsheet: Ruben Ochoa Pre-1979 Dates)

(Correlation: Ruben Ochoa)



The significance of this day

And Two House followed [One Vulture], and Three Flint Knife, Four Rain, Five Flower, Six Crocodile, Seven Wind, Eight House, Nine Lizard, Ten Serpent, Eleven Death, Twelve Deer, Thirteen Rabbit. of all of these, their designations were the same, as they proceeded in proper order. (Florentine Codex, Dibble and Anderson, bk 4, page 97)

 

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