In my preliminary glyph type dictionary I have (at hakaturou) included a page which describes the beginning of time according to Mayan knowledge:
Maya cosmology (ref. Maya Cosmos) defined the present Creation to have occurred on August 13, 3114 B.C.:
"In three magnificent texts at the site of Koba, scribes recorded it as one of the largest finite numbers we humans have ever written. According to these inscriptions, our world was created on the day 4 Ahaw 8 Kumk'u. On this day all the cycles of the Maya calendar above twenty years were set at thirteen - that is to say, the cycles of 400 years, 8,000 years, 160,000 years, 32,000,000 years, and so on, all the way up to a cycle number extending to twenty places (2021 * 1360-day year). In our calendar, this day fell on August 13, B.C. 3114 (or September 20, -3113 in the Julian calendar).
To understand what this means, we need a little scale. The thirteens in this huge number act like the twelve in our cycles - the next hour after twelve is one. Thirteen changed to one as each of these cycles in the Maya calendar was completed, therefore, we have the following sequence:
| 13. |
13. |
13. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
1. |
5 Imix |
9 Kumk'u |
(Aug. 14, 3114 B.C.) |
| 13. |
13. |
13. |
0. |
0. |
1. |
0. |
11 Ahaw |
3 Pop |
(Sept. 2, 3114 B.C.) |
| 13. |
13. |
13. |
0. |
1. |
0. |
0. |
13 Ahaw |
3 Kumk'u |
(Aug.7, 3113 B.C.) |
| 13. |
13. |
13. |
1. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
2 Ahaw |
8 Mak |
(May 1, 3094 B.C.) |
| 13. |
13. |
1. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
3 Ahaw |
13 Ch'en |
(Nov. 15, 2720 B.C.) |
| 13. |
13. |
13. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
4 Ahaw |
3 K'ank'in |
(Dec. 23, A.D. 2012) |
| 13. |
1. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
10 Ahaw |
13 Yaxk'in |
(Oct. 15, A.D. 4772) |
| 1. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
0. |
7 Ahaw |
3 Zotz' |
(Nov. 22, A.D. 154587) |
Each of the years, called a tun by the Maya, in these dates is composed of 360 days. If we return to the Creation date with its twenty cycles set at thirteen, we see that it will take 41,943,040,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000 tuns for the highest cycle to change from thirteen to one."
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And in another page I had documented how the Mayan dates were constructed:
| The Maya Indians had several calendars, the one I have used here is their calendar over the year (haab). It was used in conjunction with the more famous tzolkin (for their sacred year), which was composed by the numbers from 1 to 13 prefixed to one of their 20 daynames, for instance as 13 Ahau - the last of the 13 numbers conjoined with the last of the 20 daynames (Ahau). This gave 13 * 20 = 260 possible dates according to the tzolkin.
In the picture below (ref.: Midonick) is explained how a more definite date is generated by combining tzolkin with haab:
Also the ordinal number in the month according to the haab calendar was prefixed (see B cogwheel). But the counting began with 0 instead of with 1 (cfr for instance 1 Imix in the A cogwheel, the tzolkin). The last (19th) haab month (Vayeb - or as spelled in the picture: Uayeb) had only 5 days, and its highest number therefore became 4. Otherwise the highest number in a month was 19. Months were defined in the haab calendar, not in the tzolkin. |
They were quite specific and we ought to count with the precessional 71 years for 1 day in order to find out where in the sky roof August 14 in the year 3114 B.C. may have been.
| 1842 A.D. |
Sirrah (α Andromedae) and Caph (β Cassiopeiae) |
0 |
| 76 B.C. |
Al Sharatain (β and γ Arietis) |
27 |
| 2064 B.C. |
Alcyone and Atlas (Tau-ono) |
55 |
| 2632 B.C. |
Hyadum I and Hyadum II |
63 |
| 3114 B.C. |
? |
? |
The number of right ascension days from 1842 A.D. (rongorongo times) to 3114 B.C. (Mayan world creation) should be easy to find out. First let us recapitulate 63 days from 2632 B.C.:
1842 + 2632 + 1 (because we have no year 'zero') = 4475 and 4475 / 71 = 63.0.
And then similarly from 3114 B.C. (Julian -3113):
(1842 + 3114 + 1) / 71 = 69.8 = ca 70.
In rongorongo times August 14 was (just as today) at RA day 226 - 80 = 146. And the heliacal stars in June 5 (156), 70 days earlier would have been at RA day 156 - 80 = 76.
But we should instead ask which heliacal stars would have been at August 14 in the year 3114 B.C. In rongorongo times these stars would have risen with the Sun in day 226 + 70 = 296 (October 23).
These stars must - if on side b - be somewhere in glyph line b8, and κ Virginis indeed rose heliacally only 2 days earlier than October 23:
| October 13 |
14 |
15 (288) |
| April 13 |
14 (104) |
15 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb8-9 (572) |
Cb8-10 |
Cb8-11 |
| te hokohuki - ma te maro |
te hokohuki ma te maro |
ka ke te manu ki te maro |
| ε Centauri (206.3) |
no star listed (207) |
τ Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) |
| Achernar (23.3) |
no star listed (24) |
no star listed (25) |
| October 16 |
17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
| April 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (111) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb8-12 |
Cb8-13 |
Cb8-14 |
Cb8-15 |
Cb8-16 |
Cb8-17 |
| Te ariki |
hokohuki |
te inoino |
te hokohuki |
te inoino |
te vai noho |
| no star listed (209) |
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) |
Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8) |
14h (213.1) |
Neck-2 |
| χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) |
| POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
2h (30.4) |
η Arietis (31.9) |
| Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5)
Alkes
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| October 22 |
23 (296) |
24 |
| April 22 |
23 |
24 (114) |
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 |
 |
| Cb8-18 |
Cb8-19 (582) |
Cb8-20 |
| te nuku |
te henua ma te nuku |
| Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15 |
ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) |
Asellus Primus (217.8) |
| 15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8) |
| no star listed (32) |
θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7) |
no star listed (34) |
| October 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (304) |
Nov 1 |
2 |
| April 28 |
29 |
30 |
May 1 (121) |
2 |
3 |
 |
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 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb8-24 |
Cb8-25 |
Cb8-26 |
Cb8-27 |
Cb8-28 |
Cb8-29 |
| te maitaki |
kua hua te kahi |
te ahine poo puo |
ki te huaga |
ki te huaga |
te kahi |
| ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9) |
31 Bootis (222.0), Yang Mun (222.1), Rijl al Awwa (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) |
Izar (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3) |
Al Zubānā-14a / Visakha-16 / Root-3 |
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4), Zuben Elakribi (226.8) |
| ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) |
| ν Arietis (38.5) |
μ Arietis (39.4), Head of the Fly (39.6), Kaffaljidhma (39.8) |
ο Arietis (40.0), Angetenar (40.2), Right Wing (40.9) |
Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 |
no star listed (42) |
ρ Arietis (43.0), Acamar (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7)
Denebola
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| π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), τ² Eridan, σ Arietis (41.7) |
However, I wish to have 2 stars rising with the Sun in 3114 B.C. - to form a 'door' through which time 'would be born'. Obviously the other star could be Syrma (ι Virginis).
| 1842 A.D. |
Sirrah (α Andromedae) and Caph (β Cassiopeiae) |
0 |
| 76 B.C. |
Al Sharatain (β and γ Arietis) |
27 |
| 2064 B.C. |
Alcyone and Atlas (Tau-ono) |
55 |
| 2632 B.C. |
Hyadum I and Hyadum II |
63 |
| 3114 B.C. |
κ Virginis and Syrma (ι Virginis) |
70 |
... It looks as if Hevelius has put κ Virginis at her left heel. Counting from Alamak (at the heel of Andromeda) to κ Virginis the distance is 214.8 - 29.7 = 185 days. This distance could therefore express the front side of the year ...
When Virgo rose with the Sun she could not be observed. But her 'door' could be seen close to the Full Moon in mid-April.
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... Syrma is from Σύρμα, used by Ptolemy to designate this star on the Train of the Virgin's robe. With κ and φ it was mentioned in the first Arabian translation of the Syntaxis as being in the h.imār, or 'skirt', of the garment; but the translator of the Latin edition of 1515, missing the point at the first letter, read the word as himār, 'an ass', so that this central one of these three stars strangely appears in that work as in asino.
They formed the 13th manzil, Al Ghafr, the Covering, as Smyth explains,
because the beauty of the earth is hidden, when they rise on the 18th Tishrīn, or 1st of November; others say on account of the shining of the stars being lessened as if covered;
but Kazwini,
because, when they rise, the earth robes herself in her splendour and finery, - her summer robes.
The word, however, is analogous to Σύρμα, and so may have been taken from Ptolemy; although Al Bīrūnī quoted from Al Zajjāj Al Ghafar, the Tuft in the Lion's tail, which it may have marked in the figure of the ancient Asad.
Another signification of the word Ghafr is the 'Young Ibex'. [Here I just have to insert the 'chessplayers':]
Al Bīrūnī also said that the Arabs considered this the most fortunate of their lunar mansions, as lying between the evils of the Lion's teeth [conspiciously missing in the picture above] and claws on one side and the tail and venom of the Scorpion on the other, and quoted from a Rajaz poet:
The best night forever lies between Al Zubāna and Al Asad;
adding that the horoscope of the Prophet lay here, and that the date of the birth of Moses coincided with it.
As a lunar station these stars were the Sogdian Sarwa and the Khorasmian Shushak, the Leader; the Persian Hucru, the Good Goer; and the Coptic Khambalia, [also the name of the star λ] Crooked-clawed, λ being substituted for φ; and it is said that they were the Akkadian Lu Lim the He Goat, Gazelle, or Stag, the original perhaps meaning 'King' and employed for δ.
ι alone, according to Hommel, was the Death Star, Mulu Bat. |
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