Discover your
Maya day-sign.
The 260-day Cholq'ij is still actively kept by Ajq'ijab -- Maya day-keepers -- at Lake Atitlán today. Enter your birthday to find your nawal.
The Cholq'ij (260-day Maya sacred calendar) is still actively kept by Ajq'ijab -- Maya day-keepers -- at Lake Atitlán today. Enter your birthday to find your nawal: the day-sign that shaped you.
Calculation uses the GMT correlation (584283), the academic and Ajq'ij consensus baseline. Free. No email required.
Enter your birthdate above to see your Maya day-sign reading.
What is a nawal?
Each day in the Cholq'ij carries an energía -- an energy or character -- formed by a nawal (one of 20 day-signs) layered with a trecena number (1 to 13). The 20 × 13 cycle creates 260 unique days that repeat in a perfect spiral. Maya people use this calendar to plan ceremonies, name children, choose marriage dates, and read the energy of any moment.
How is it calculated?
This page uses the GMT correlation (584283) -- the consensus baseline used by Maya scholars and Ajq'ijab worldwide. Maya time begins on the day 4 Ajaw 8 Kumk'u, which in our Gregorian calendar lands on August 11, 3114 BCE. Your nawal is the day-sign that falls the exact number of days after that origin point as your birthday.
Is this real, or astrology?
The Cholq'ij is not astrology. It is a living indigenous calendar, used today by Tz'utujil, K'iche', and Kaqchikel families around Lake Atitlán. The interpretations on this page draw from public K'iche' Maya sources and are intentionally brief. To go deeper -- and to do so respectfully -- visit a local Ajq'ij. They will read not only your day-sign but the energies around it, and offer ceremony when called for.
Want to go deeper?
- Visit a vetted local Ajq'ij at Lake Atitlán (directory coming soon)
- Read the master Cholq'ij explainer -- coming soon
- Browse the 20 nawales in detail (individual pages coming soon)