Talk:Baktun

14th baktun?

the mayan long count calender ends on the 13th baktun, why would scholars make up a 14th? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.172.143.51 (talk) 20:10, 30 August 2010 (UTC) \

just for the hell of it

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13th baktun

The 13th baktun will be completed (13.0.0.0.0 in Long Count notation) on December 21, 2012, which also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun?

Is that quite right? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.100.130.17 (talk • contribs).

That is a result of naming the baktuns in two different ways by Maya scholars. It could be reworded. — Joe Kress 06:18, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

So the Mayans counted the "0th" Baktun as being the first? I guess they were way ahead of Europeans. --86.148.57.131 (talk) 17:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, their system starts with 0.0.0.0.0 Shii (tock) 23:49, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

No. The Maya specified that their Long Count began with the "completion of baktun 13", hence 13.0.0.0.0. Specifying that the "first" baktun was 0 as in 0.0.0.0.0 is an invention of modern scholars to be consistent with subsequent baktuns which were numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. — Joe Kress (talk) 03:09, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Main text in error

the main text is wrong, tropical years are 365.2424 days, Mayan 365.2422 days, NOT 360 days so how can 400 tun equal 400 tropical years 6 years early!

The 13th baktun will be completed (13.0.0.0.0 in Long Count notation) on December 21, 2012, which also marks the beginning of the 13th baktun?

This is false. completes 13x400, doesnt start it. 5200 tun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.144.120.119 (talk • contribs) 16 October 2009

No, it's not. The article's text said " nearly 400 tropical years ", not "exactly". One tun = 20x18 days = 360 days. Not 365.2422 days; possibly you are confusing the Long Count with the haab' calendar (Maya version of the Mesoamerican 365-day count, which isn't equal to 365.2422 days anyways).

So 400 tun = 400x360 days = 144,000 days, which divided by 365.2424 (#days in a tropical year) yields 394.25 tropical years; this is indeed "just shy of six years short" of a round 400 tropical years. The article is correct.--cjllw ʘ TALK 23:27, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

No, Mardyks, the tropical year is 365.2422 days. The Ancient Maya only used a vague solar year of 365 days, the Haab'. I think this article and the Ka'tun article should be nominated for speedy deletion since this is is discussed on the Maya calendar and Long Count articles and so is redundant. Senor Cuete (talk) 19:45, 17 December 2009 (UTC)Senor Cuete

ipa

should this article has an IPA for the word so people can correctly pronounce? --223.207.130.173 (talk) 06:49, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Rename

Look, I'm no expert on this, but I think it's properly spelled b'ak'tun. We should rename it to that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.72.130.137 (talk) 19:03, 20 May 2011 (UTC)