The turning from dark to light, and the commencement of a new era, a new baktun:
A baktun (properly b'ak'tun, English pronunciation: /ˈbɑkˌtun/[1], Mayan pronunciation: [ɓakʼˈtun]) is 20 katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The Classic period of Maya civilization occurred during the 8th and 9th baktuns of the current calendrical cycle. The current (14th) baktun started on 13.0.0.0.0 — December 21, 2012 using the GMT correlation.
A baktun (properly b'ak'tun, English pronunciation: /ˈbɑkˌtun/[1], Mayan pronunciation: [ɓakʼˈtun]) is 20 katun cycles of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar. It contains 144,000 days, equal to 394.26 tropical years. The Classic period of Maya civilization occurred during the 8th and 9th baktuns of the current calendrical cycle. The current (14th) baktun started on 13.0.0.0.0 — December 21, 2012 using the GMT correlation.
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