What nawal is today?
Today, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the sacred Maya Cholq'ij calendar marks the day 11 Ajpu (Ajpu). This page recalculates every day using Guatemala civil time, so the nawal shown above is today's sign, not yesterday's.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
11Ajpu
11 Ajpu / Sun / Lord
The sun, the hero twin, victory.
Light, mastery, completion, the radiant lord.
The daily Maya nawal is calculated by counting days from the Maya calendar origin, August 11, 3114 BCE, with the GMT 584283 correlation used in academic research and by Guatemalan Ajq'ijab. The result combines one of 20 nawales with a number from 1 to 13 and changes at midnight in Guatemala.
Today's nawal: 11 Ajpu
Today, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the Cholq'ij is governed by 11 Ajpu (Ajpu, Sun / Lord). Light, mastery, completion, the radiant lord.
The number 11 is the tone of the trecena: Transformation and mystery. Hidden emergence. Your gifts often work in unexpected and non-linear ways. The Ajq'ijab read this energy when planning ceremonies, seeking guidance, or starting projects.
What is the Maya calendar date today?
The Maya Cholq'ij day for today is 11 Ajpu, made from the nawal Ajpu and number 11. This page recalculates from Guatemala's civil date every day, so it is meant for current searches like "nawal of the day" and "Mayan calendar today."
How is each day's nawal counted?
The 260-day sacred calendar (Cholq'ij or Tzolk'in) runs without interruption: 20 nawales combined with numbers from 1 to 13. To find which nawal rules a day, you count the days from the Maya origin date and apply the GMT 584283 correlation, the traditional count used in Guatemala. For your own nawal by birth date, use the Maya nawal calculator.
Frequently asked questions about today's nawal
What is today's Maya nawal?
Today, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the sacred Maya Cholq'ij calendar is governed by 11 Ajpu (Ajpu, Sun / Lord). Its energy is: The sun, the hero twin, victory. The number 11 is the tone of the trecena. This page updates itself every day.
What does today's nawal mean?
Light, mastery, completion, the radiant lord. The trecena number 11 adds a nuance: Transformation and mystery. Hidden emergence. Your gifts often work in unexpected and non-linear ways.
When does the day-sign change?
In the Cholq'ij count each day has a single nawal. Here the day-sign changes with Guatemala's civil date (Central time, GMT-6), so once midnight passes in Guatemala you will see the new day's nawal.
How is today's nawal calculated?
We count the days from the Maya origin date to today and apply the GMT 584283 correlation (Goodman, Martínez and Thompson), the academic and living Ajq'ij standard. The result is one of the 20 nawales combined with a number from 1 to 13.
How do I find the nawal of another date or my birth date?
Use the Maya nawal calculator: enter any date and see the Cholq'ij day-sign it falls on, with its number and meaning.