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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

Then was a time of evil. For then was when were born the thieves, the adulterers, etc. ? those to be feared and dreaded on earth, who mocked people, the perverted. (Florentine Codex, Dibble and Anderson, bks 4-5, page 57)

 

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