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| [[Huey Tecuilhuitl]] || 7/19-8/7 || align = "center" | [[Image:Htecuil.fw.png]] || Great Feat of the Rulers || Xilonen | | [[Huey Tecuilhuitl]] || 7/19-8/7 || align = "center" | [[Image:Htecuil.fw.png]] || Great Feat of the Rulers || Xilonen | ||
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− | | Miccailhuitontli, Tlaxochimaco || 8/8-8/27 || align = "center" | [[Image:Miccail.fw.png]] || The Feast of the Dead || Huitzilopochtli | + | | Miccailhuitontli, Tlaxochimaco || 8/8-8/27 || align = "center" | [[Image:Miccail.fw.png]] || The Feast of the Dead, The Gathering of Flowers || Huitzilopochtli |
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− | | Huey Miccailhuitontli, Xocotl Huetzi || 8/28-9/16 || align = "center" | [[Image:Hmiccail.fw.png]] || Great Feast of the Dead || Xiuhtecuhtli or Ixcocauhqui | + | | Huey Miccailhuitontli, Xocotl Huetzi || 8/28-9/16 || align = "center" | [[Image:Hmiccail.fw.png]] || Great Feast of the Dead, The Falling of Fruit || Xiuhtecuhtli or Ixcocauhqui |
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| Ochpaniztli || 9/17-10/6 || align = "center" | [[Image:Ochpan.fw.png]] || Sweeping || Teteo Innan or Toci | | Ochpaniztli || 9/17-10/6 || align = "center" | [[Image:Ochpan.fw.png]] || Sweeping || Teteo Innan or Toci |
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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, Associated Dates and Teteo
Cempohualilhuitl | Date Range [2] | Glyph | English Translation [3] | Teotl [4] |
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Tlacaxipehualiztli | 3/21-4/9 | The Flaying of People | Xipe Totec | |
Tozoztontli | 4/10-4/29 | The Perforation | Tlaloc | |
Huey Tozoztli | 4/30-5/19 | The Great Perforation | Cinteotl | |
Toxcatl | 5/20-6/8 | Dryness | Titlacauan and Tezcatlipoca | |
Etzalcualiztli | 6/9-6/28 | The Eating of Corn and Beans | Tlaloque | |
Tecuilhuitontli | 6/29-7/18 | Small Feast of the Rulers | Huixtocihuatl | |
Huey Tecuilhuitl | 7/19-8/7 | Great Feat of the Rulers | Xilonen | |
Miccailhuitontli, Tlaxochimaco | 8/8-8/27 | The Feast of the Dead, The Gathering of Flowers | Huitzilopochtli | |
Huey Miccailhuitontli, Xocotl Huetzi | 8/28-9/16 | Great Feast of the Dead, The Falling of Fruit | Xiuhtecuhtli or Ixcocauhqui | |
Ochpaniztli | 9/17-10/6 | Sweeping | Teteo Innan or Toci | |
Teotleco | 10/7-10/26 | The Return of Teotl | Nochi Teteo | |
Tepeilhuitl | 10/27-11/15 | Feast of the Mountains | Tepetl Popocatepetl, Tepetl Itztaccihuatl, Tepetl Tlaloc, and Tepetl Matlalcueye [5] | |
Quecholli | 11/16-12/5 | Roseate Spoonbill | Mixcoatl | |
Panquetzaliztli | 12/6-12/25 | Raising of the Flags | Huitzilopochtli | |
Atemoztli | 12/26-1/14 | The Descent of Water | Tlaloque | |
Tititl | 1/15-2/3 | The Stretching | Ilamatecuhtli, Tonan, and Cozcamiauh | |
Izcalli | 2/4-2/23 | Rebirth | Xiuhtecuhtli or Ixcocauhqui | |
Atlcahualo | 2/24-3/15 | The Water has Departed | Tlaloque or Quetzalcoatl or Chalchiutlicue | |
Nemontemi | 3/16-3/20 | They Fill the Void | None |
- ↑ Sahagun, Bernardino. Florentine Codex, Book 2. Pages 1-35.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Munro, Edmonson. The Book of the Year Middle American Calendrical Systems. Pages 216-217 of
- ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the Teteo are taken from: Sahagun, Bernardino. Florentine Codex, Book 2. Pages 1-35.
- ↑ Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel. Handbook to Life in the Aztec World. Page 328