Haabʼ

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Haabʼ is the 365-day solar calendar used by the ancient Maya civilization to track the agricultural year and civil events.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Haabʼ canonical 4
Haabʼ calendar 4
Haab' 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya calendar
civil calendar
solar calendar
associatedWith Maya agriculture
Maya civil administration
calendarFamily Mesoamerican calendars
calendarType vague year
combinedWith Tzolkʼin calendar
surface form: Tzolkʼin
culturalContext Maya astronomy
Maya religion
formsWith Calendar Round
hasBase tropical year
hasCalendarRoundCycleLength 18980 days
52 Haabʼ years
hasComponent Wayebʼ
hasDayCountPerMonth 20
hasDayDesignation day number plus month name
hasDayNumbering 0–19 per month
hasEra preclassic to postclassic Maya periods
hasFirstDayNumber 0
hasLastDayNumber 19
hasMonthCount 18
hasNumberOfDays 365
hasStructure 18 months of 20 days plus 5 extra days
hasUnluckyDaysCount 5
hasUnluckyPeriodName Wayebʼ
isLunar false
isSolar true
preColumbianUsage true
relatedTo Long Count calendar
timeReckoningSystem Maya timekeeping
usedBy Maya civilization
usedFor civil events
civil record keeping
regulating planting and harvest
scheduling festivals
tracking agricultural year
usedIn Mesoamerica
writingSystem Maya hieroglyphs

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maya script associatedWith Haabʼ
this entity surface form: Haabʼ calendar
Tzolkʼin calendar combinedWith Haabʼ
this entity surface form: Haabʼ calendar
Maya numerals usedIn Haabʼ
this entity surface form: Haabʼ calendar
Calendar Round hasComponent Haabʼ
this entity surface form: Haab'
Calendar Round hasSolarCalendarName Haabʼ
this entity surface form: Haab'
Mesoamerican Long Count calendar associatedWith Haabʼ
this entity surface form: Haabʼ calendar
Maya developedCalendar Haabʼ
subject surface form: Maya civilization
Maya calendar hasComponent Haabʼ