2006-07-17 09:34:54 · 4 answers · asked by topekan m theory 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
No leap year.
No end date.
The so-called "end date" is just the end of the 12th baktun, not the whole calendar. It's a misunderstand of terms. It's like our calendar going from 1999 to 2000--it was the end of the 20th century but not the end of the calendar.
(A baktun is 396 years long.)
2006-07-18 01:02:37 · answer #1 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Mayan Calender doesn't have leap year because it doesn't need one. It is much more accurate than the calender in use these days. The current calender uses a leap year to add one extra day because for three years it is adding parts of a day that aren't counted on the calender. So once every 4 years an extra day is added to make it right again. The Mayan and Aztec calenders are so accurate they don't need the extra day added on.
2006-07-17 16:42:53 · answer #2 · answered by hikerboy3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No leap year and it is deduced that it's end date, (which is the year 2012), represents their prediction of either the end of the world, or a massive worldwide dissaster!
And by the way... the Egyption's calendar ends with the same date of 2012!
2006-07-17 16:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is accurate in every way. I have read and heard that the calendar ends in December 2012 which most believers predict will be the end of the world as we know it.
2006-07-17 16:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by Art The Wise 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋