The discovery of a clear calendar date at a Preclassical Maya site shows that ancient peoples were using the calendar around 300 B.C.

It’s an entirely different mindset.” Furthermore, there is no sign that the much-hyped myth that the Mayan calendar would end in 2012, and with it the world, has any bearing in reality.

Maya living in the classic period, between 250 and 900 AD, tracked time using a 365-day civic calendar and a 260 ceremonial one. They celebrated the end of 20-year and 400-year cycles.

Maya today number about seven million in Central America and Mexico. One million Maya live in the United States. Their Long Count calendar, which began Aug. 11, 3114 B.C., ends on A.D. Dec. 21, 2012.

The number of days lost in a year due to the shift into Gregorian Calendar is 11 days… For 268 years using the Gregorian Calendar (1752-2020) times 11 days = 2,948 days. 2,948 days / 365 days ...

Characteristic of this system is the cyclical nature, with the Mayan calendar featuring three common cycles: the Long Count, Tzolk’in (260-day) and the 365-day, solar-based Haab’.

MEXICO CITY - Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly "running out" on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it's not the end of the world.

The clock is ticking down to Dec. 21, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, and thousands across the world are getting ready for what they think is the end You can save this article by ...

Maya Calendar 2020: Did the Maya predict the world will end on June 21? CONSPIRACY theorists are in a frenzy, stating that the Maya Calendar was wrongly predicted and the end of the world is TODAY.