The Haab solar calendar
The Haab is the 365 day Maya solar year: 18 named periods of 20 days, followed by the 5 day Wayeb. It moves beside the 260 day Cholq'ij, and the two cycles meet again after 52 Haab years.
What The Haab Is
The Haab is the 365-day Maya solar calendar. The standard Yucatec month list has 18 named months of 20 days each, followed by Wayeb, a closing period of 5 days. Museum and scholarly sources describe the regular month positions as counted 0 through 19, with Wayeb counted 0 through 4.
This is a solar civil calendar, not the same thing as the 260-day Tzolk'in or Cholq'ij. The Tzolk'in combines 20 day names with numbers 1 through 13. The Haab counts the solar year in named month positions. A complete traditional date can include both cycles.
Calendar Round
The Haab and Tzolk'in interlock in the Calendar Round. A specific Tzolk'in position paired with a specific Haab position does not repeat until 18,980 days have passed, which is 52 Haab years. That is why the 52-year Calendar Round matters in Maya calendar study.
Agriculture And Seasons
The sources connect the Haab with practical and ceremonial time. The Smithsonian source describes Maya calendars as serving practical and ceremonial purposes. The calendar system source describes Yucatec Maya farmers conducting rain and corn offerings during the same Haab months each year. Tedlock's Highland Maya material shows that agricultural timing also depends on local observation, including stars, hawk migration, weather, and community calendars.
For AtitlanVida, this means the Haab should be presented carefully. The month list is solid. The 365-day structure is solid. The Calendar Round math is solid. Exact month by month agricultural mapping to Lake Atitlan should stay open until reviewed with local K'iche', Kaqchikel, or Tz'utujil sources.
Source Boundary
This section does not assign personality meanings to Haab months. It also does not flatten Yucatec, Classic, K'iche', Kaqchikel, and Tz'utujil calendar practice into one identical system. WooWoogle's Haab layer adds symbolic glosses for the 19 periods, while its Traditional GMT foundation warns that Haab context should not become personality doctrine by itself. The month entries therefore identify the attested Yucatec Haab sequence, carry the WooWoogle glosses, and keep agricultural mapping cautious until reviewed with local sources.
The 19 Haab periods
Each card links to a sourced month page with the WooWoogle gold glyph, day count, supported gloss, and source boundary.
20 days. Pop is month 1 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the woven mat, authority, and the seat of community. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Wo' is month 2 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the black conjunction, night, the jaguar, and hidden things. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Sip is month 3 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the red conjunction, the deer hunt, and the stag lords. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Sotz' is month 4 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the bat, the cave, descent, and the underworld. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Sek is month 5 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the sky and earth brought into balance. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Xul is month 6 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the dog, the end of a road, and the guide into night. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Yaxk'in is month 7 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the new sun, dry season, ripening, and renewal. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Mol is month 8 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the gathering, water collected, and the harvest brought in. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Ch'en is month 9 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the black well, the cave, the moon, and deep water. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Yax is month 10 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the first green, new growth, and the blue green centre. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Sak' is month 11 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the white, the frog, clouds, and clearing light. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Keh is month 12 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the red deer, the hunt, the forest, and the four directions. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Mak is month 13 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as to cover, to enclose, and to seal the year. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. K'ank'in is month 14 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the yellow sun, ripening into gold, and the underworld dog. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Muwan is month 15 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the screech owl, mist, rain clouds, and the storm bird. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Pax is month 16 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the drum, planting music, and great offerings. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. K'ayab is month 17 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the turtle, song, the turtle shell, and the new year near. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
20 days. Kumk'u is month 18 in the attested Yucatec Haab list. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the granary, the dark god, and the ripeness of the old year. Treat that as month symbolism, not a personality profile.
5 days. Wayeb is the five-day closing period of the 365-day Haab. Sources describe it as a short final month, as closed days without an owner, and in Momostenango as a dangerous transition between Year Bearers. WooWoogle's Haab layer glosses it as the five nameless days and the threshold of renewal.
How the Haab interlocks with the Cholq'ij
The 365-day Haab and 260-day Tzolk'in interlock into a Calendar Round of 18,980 days, equal to 52 Haab years.
Regular Haab positions are counted 0 to 19 in the source table. Wayeb is counted 0 to 4. The Haab approximates the solar year but has no leap day, so month names should not be mapped to fixed Gregorian dates without a chosen correlation and local review.
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